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Monroe L. Weber-Shirk School of Civil and
Environmental Engineering
Nutrient Removal Project
!"#gen Re$uirement%
&! 'robe
Stir bar (ir )em'erature 'robe
Pre%%ure
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Nutrient Removal Project
&i%%olved o"#genmea%urement%
!"#gen )ran%fer
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E"creta &i%'o%al
Land (''lication
When 'o'ulation den%itie% +ere lo+ e"creta di%'o%al+a% an individual 'roblem.
(% citie% gre+ it +a% no longer 'o%%ible for
individual% to 'ractice ,direct land a''lication. efore /011 cit# re%ident% 'laced ,night %oil in
bucket% along %treet% and +orker% em'tied the +a%teinto ,hone#+agon tank%.
)he +a%te +a% tran%'orted to rural area% for di%'o%alon farm land. )he hone#+agon %#%tem 're%erved thee%%ential feature of land a''lication of the +a%te.
Nutrient Rec#cle
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)oilet%
2ntil about /031 even the member% ofCongre%% +ere re$uired to go out%ide and
+alk do+n Ca'itol *ill to 'riv# facilitie%. /031-/411 )he flu%h toilet came into
general u%e in the 2.S. during the la%t halfof the nineteenth centur#.
5ntroduction of the toilet coincided +ith 666666 66666.central heat
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Night Soil v%. Se+er%
&utch engineer Charle% Liernur advocated dr#
di%'o%al. *e claimed underground %e+er% +ould
be the %ource of 66666666 66666 giving ri%e to
%ickne%% and death.
Engli%h engineer ald+in Latham %u''orted +ater
carriage of e"creta. Latham 'roceeded +ith the
in%tallation of a +ater carriage %#%tem forCro#don7 +here he +a% engineer of 'ublic +ork%.
)he +ater carriage %#%tem led to an immediate
decrea%e in the death rate in the citie% that in%talled
it.
no"iou% ga%e%
ut +hat about the citie% do+n%tream8
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Conver%ion of Storm Se+er% to
,Sanitar# Se+er%
)oilet% +ere connected to e"i%ting %torm
%e+er%
)he %torm drain %#%tem% di%charged directl#
to %tream%7 lake%7 and e%tuarie% +ithout
treatment
)reatment of +a%te+ater onl# became an
i%%ue after the %elf-'urification ca'acit# of
the receiving +ater% +a% e"ceeded and
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Wa%te+ater into Stream%
Enter Environmental Engineering9
&rinking +ater treatment began to receive attention inthe /011%.
London7 and citie% on the :reat Lake% found
them%elve% draining their ra+ %e+age into the %ame bod# of +ater from +hich the# took their drinking+ater. Chicago %olved thi% 'roblem b# rever%ing the flo+ of the
Chicago river and %ending it% +a%te through a canal to the
5llinoi% River to the Mi%%i%%i''i. Engli%h engineer% tackled the 'roblem b# develo'ing
treatment techni$ue% for both +a%te+ater and drinking +ater.
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Evolution of )reatment :oal%
Solid% ;%edimentation<
!& ;activated %ludge<
Nitrification ;convert ammonia to nitrate<
&enitrification ;convert nitrogen to N=<
Pho%'horu% ;get bacteria to take u' 'ho%'horu% %o 'ho%'horu% can be removed
+ith the %ludge<
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Nutrient Removal Project
)he challenge build an automated+a%te+ater treatment 'lant that remove%
organic carbon and ;if +e have timeariou% nitrogen removal %trategie%
Maintain high cell concentration% u%ingmembrane filter% or %edimentation
We need to monitor o"#gen level%
We need air o" en ?
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!"#gen Probe
anode cathode = =@ @ =e H O H O- ++ + ®
!"#gen 'ermeable membrane
( 1.0 > >oltage %ourceCurrent meter
ACl electrol#te!Bring
1 nanoam'% t#'icalat DC and /
atmo%'here in air.
!"#gen con%um'tion le%%than /1-D gram% of o"#gen
'er hour ;le%% than 1./ FL of
o"#gen 'er hour< in air.
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&i%%olved !"#gen Probe )heor#
(''lied 1.0 > reduce% != to *=! at the cathode and
kee'% the != concentration ver# lo+
)he cell i% %e'arated from %olution b# a ga% 'ermeable
membrane that allo+% != to 'a%% through )he rate at +hich o"#gen diffu%e% through the ga%
'ermeable membrane i% 'ro'ortional to the difference ino"#gen concentration acro%% the membrane ;'ro'ortional
to the o"#gen concentration in the %olution< !"#gen reduction 'roduce% a current that i% mea%ured b#
the meter
= =@ @ =e H O H O- ++ + ®
m m
C J D
x
D=-
D
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&i%%olved !"#gen Probe
Calibration
Single 'oint ;linear< calibration at %aturation
Saturation concentration)em'erature de'endence
(tmo%'heric 're%%ure de'endence
Membrane tem'erature effect
&iffu%ion through membrane i% a function oftem'erature
Linear calibration coefficient
E$uation for calculating &!
( )1.13; < ref
T T
membranek T e-
=
( )1.13ref T T
kV C
e -=
( )GG
cal membrane cal
cal
C k T k
V =
H
D
0
4
/1
//
/=
/1 =1 1 @1
)em'erature ;C <
' ' m
=
/D=D=./13G
T O
C P eæ ö
-ç ÷è ø=
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What Control% !"#gen )ran%fer8
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&eficit
tran%fer coefficient
ubble %urface area
ubble re%idence time
)urbulence
7
I; G
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(eration
5nitial !"#gen &eficit7 No !&
C*
C
t
Do = 5 mg/L
3 mgJL
C* = oxygen concentration in e!i"i#ri!m $it% atmo&'%
Where i% the be%t data for calculating 87I
v l k
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Mea%uring the )ran%fer
Coefficient
S'ecific for a 'articular reactor
de%ignJconfiguration and for a %'ecific flo+
rateWe +ant to kno+ ho+ the tran%fer
coefficient varie% +ith flo+ rate ;%o +e can
e%timate ho+ much o"#gen +e aredelivering<
7I
v l k
G
7 1G
1
Iln ;
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(eration Method%
&iffu%ed (eration S#%tem%
;com're%%ed air 'um'ed into
aeration tank%<Porou% diffu%er%
Ceramic
Pla%tic membrane% Non-'orou% diffu%er% ;hole in a 'i'e<
Mechanical (eration S#%tem%
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!"#gen )ran%fer Efficienc#
;!)E<
Percentage of the ma%% of o"#gentran%ferred into the +ater divided b# the
ma%% of o"#gen %u''lied to the +ater Kou +ill calculate !)E for #our %#%tem
!)E +ill be le%% under +a%te+ater
condition%Lo+er o"#gen %olubilit# ;%alt%7 organic matter<
Lo+er %urface ten%ion
7
I ; G <v l
dC k C C
dt
= -
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!"#gen )ran%fer Efficienc#
!= di%%olved J != delivered
*o+ do +e mea%ure the rate that o"#gen i%
di%%olving8
=
=
o
O
V dC n MW dt
( =
( )G7Iv l dC
k C C
dt
= -
( )=
=
G
7I
o v l
O
V n k C C
MW ( = -
!ur goal i% to mea%ure thi% in lab
ut dC/dt varie% +ith o"#gen deficit
(fter +e have mea%ured the tran%fer
coefficient +e can ea%il# calculate
the o"#gen tran%fer rate
Com'are +ith %u''lied != flo+ rate
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Standard !"#gen )ran%fer
Efficienc# ;S!)E<
Ma%% of o"#gen tran%ferred under %tandard
condition% 'er unit of power in'ut
=1C ero di%%olved o"#gen in the li$uid 'ha%e
Clean +ater
:iven b# manufacturer% of aeration e$ui'ment
:enerall# bet+een /.= =.D kg != 'er kWh
ield !"#gen )ran%fer Efficienc# ;!)E< i%
%ignificantl# lo+er
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(ir Su''l# &e%ign Oue%tion%
*o+ much o"#gen +ill be re$uired b# the+a%te+ater8
*o+ much air +ill need to be %u''lied8 Number of diffu%er%
Reactor configuration ;%hallo+ v%. dee'<
*o+ +ill +e %u''l# the air8Peri%taltic 'um' ;can be com'uter controlled<
Laborator# com're%%ed air ;/11 kPa %ource<
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&iffu%er (ir Su''l# &e%ign
5f +e u%e the laborator# air %u''l# for the NRP ;/11kPa< ho+ could +e regulate air flo+8
We ma# need to u%e the 'eri%taltic 'um' for another 'art of the 'roce%%.
We have com'uter controlled %olenoid valve%.
(n# idea%8
Ea%# %olution%8 :reat %olution%8
What +ould #ou like the ca'abilitie% of thi% device to be8
*o+ could #ou give the device the ca'abilitie% #ou
+ant8
Electromagnet turn% on and off
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Pre'aration for Lab
Read the %ection on Proce%% Control ;Page%/=/-/=3 in the Lab Manual<
Come read# to 'la#(%k lot% of $ue%tion%9
Make it #our goal to under%tand a% much of
the %#%tem a% #ou can9Kou +ill be a%%embling the airflo+ control
hard+are
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Lab Setu'
S1(ir Su''l#
N1 N2
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Stir bar
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=11 kPa
Pre%%ure%en%or
Needle >alve%
Solenoid >alve
(ccumulator
D kPa
Pre%%ure
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S2