This thesis deals with the sludge management in wastewater treatment plants. It provides a basic overview of methods for modifying risk material in sludge ending. The main goal of this work is to create a fault trees based on faults which occurred in the sludge management facilities. Furthermore, it was created frequency of failures assessment of the objects on wastewater treatment plant in Hodonín. Provided information were obtained during excursions of WWTP Hodonín and Zbýšov.

The thesis consists of two basic parts. The first research part creates an introduction to the root zone wastewater treatment plants. It contains mainly causes of filter environment colmation and its theoretical solution methods, which are further solved in the laboratory. The master’s thesis attempts to find a simple way, which would in future be possible to evaluate the rate of sedimentation of the sludge material, which causes filtration environment colmation. Results of developed methodology will be used in practice by washing colmated filtration material, respectively colmatant separation in sedimentation tank. The thesis focuses to verify the possibility flocculation and mineralization of sludge, which adheres to the surface of the filtration material. The solution lies in the observation of sedimentation rate (after previous dilution) using by the turbidimetric method, based on the beam-column passage through muddy water. The results show that it is not critical ambient temperature, but the time effect of natural mineralization in combination with moisture (dry matter concentration, the amount of water). The present thesis evaluates the possibilities and application method, leading to the natural regeneration of the filtration material exposed to natural climatic conditions.

There are three important greenhouse gases: carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N2O), which are generated from the domestic wastewater treatment systems, including on-site and off-site sources. On-site emission of greenhouse gases occurs during process of wastewater treatment, while the off-site emission of greenhouse gases occurs during energy using and other supporting activities of the treatment system. The research established model to calculate greenhouse gas emissions from the domestic wastewater treatment systems, was named No.0 MTH model. The No.0 MTH model was based on balance equations of substrate and biomass, biochemical reactions and Monod kinetics equations for biological treatment reactors and writen by programing Scalable language. Model was calibrated and applied on the Yen So wastewater treatment plant, Ha Noi and the results were obtained at 22oC as follows: off-site GHG emission is 29,560 kgCO2-eq/day; on-site GHG emission is 13,534 kgCO2-eq/day, and the rate of on-site emission is 2.506 kgCO2-eq/ kg BOD. Maybe using the No.0 MTH model to calculate greenhouse gas emissions from the domestic wastewater treatment systems with similar biological methods. / Có 3 khí nhà kính quan trọng là khí Cacbonic (CO2), khí Mêtan (CH4), và khí Đinitơ monoxit (N2O) được phát sinh từ hệ thống xử lý nước thải sinh hoạt gồm cả nguồn trực tiếp và gián tiếp. Phát thải trực tiếp khí nhà kính (KHK) xảy ra trong suốt quá trình xử lý còn phát thải gián tiếp khí nhà kính xảy ra trong quá trình sử dụng năng lượng và các hoạt động phụ trợ bên ngoài hệ thống xử lý. Nghiên cứu đã thiết lập mô hình tính toán phát thải khí nhà kính từ hệ thống xử lý nước thải sinh hoạt, được đặt tên là mô hình MTH số 0. Mô hình MTH số 0 đã dựa trên các phương trình cân bằng khối lượng cơ chất và sinh khối, các phản ứng hóa sinh và phương trình Monod đối với các thiết bị xử lý sinh học và được viết trên ngôn ngữ lập trình scala. Mô hình đã được hiệu chỉnh và được áp dụng tính toán tại nhà máy xử lý nước thải sinh hoạt Yên Sở, thành phố Hà Nội và kết quả thu được tại 22oC như sau: phát thải KNK gián tiếp là 29.560 kgCO2-tđ/ngày và phát thải KNK trực tiếp là 13.534 kgCO2-tđ/ngày với tỷ lệ phát thải khí nhà kính trực tiếp là 2,506 kgCO2-tđ/ kgBOD. Có thể sử dụng mô hình MTH số 0 để tính toán phát thải khí nhà kính từ hệ thống xử lý nước thải sinh hoạt bằng phương pháp sinh học tương tự.

This thesis focuses on modeling the primary sludge in the thickening process at Henrikdals wastewater treatment plant in Stockholm, Sweden. The thickening process is one of the core processes at the wastewater treatment plant, where the goal is to thicken a residual product called primary sludge. Two thickener belts are used to thicken the sludge gravimetrically. Polymer is also added to increase the dewaterability and to thicken the sludge. The thickness of the sludge is measured by the total solids content (TS) in the sludge and is measured with total solid measurement sensors. These sensors have, however, been shown to be inaccurate. A long short-term memory network (LSTM) and a feed-forward neural network were compared by using sensor and instrument data to predict the TS in the thickened primary sludge. To validate the performance of the models, manual laboratory testing samples were compared with the predictions of the models. Simulations in Simulink were also performed with the intent of simulating the thickening process. By using a machine learning model that could predict the TS, hypotheses regarding reductions in the polymer dosage were explored. A feed-forward and feedback control strategy in combination with the LSTM architecture were used and it was shown that the TS of the thickened sludge could be controlled by regulating the polymer dosage. Thus, using a feedback control strategy gives further opportunities for the wastewater treatment plant to choose whether a lower polymer consumption or a higher TS is preferred, as these two variables correlate with each other. / Syftet med detta arbete var att ta fram maskininlärningsmodeller av primärslamsförtjockningen på Henriksdals avloppsreningsverk i Stockholm, Sverige. Förtjockningsprocessen är en av de viktigaste delerna i avloppsreningsverk, där målet är att förtjocka en restprodukt som kallas primärslam. Förtjockningen sker i två separata linjer. Polymer tillsätts och slammet förtjockas genom gravimetrisk avvattning på ett silband. Slammets torrsubstanshalt (TS) är ett mått på slammets tjockhet och beräknas med hjälp av att använda sensorer. Dessa sensorer har dock visats sig vara opålitliga. Genom att använda tillgänglig process-, maskin- och instrumentdata så har en long short-term memory (LSTM) arkitektur och ett framkopplat neuralt nätverk jämförts för att uppskatta torrsubstansen i primärslammet. Manuell provtagning och labbanalys utfördes för att validera prestandan i de två modellerna. Hypoteser kring att kunna optimera TS-halten eller minska polymerförbrukningen utforskades genom att simulera processen i Simulink. Resultaten visade att användandet av en fram och återkopplingsregulator tillsammans med en LSTM arkitektur kan minska polymerförbrukningen och kan ge en jämnare TS-halt i det förtjockade slammet. Däremot måste en avvägning mellan hög TS-halt och låg polymerförbrukning göras, då dessa två variabler korrelerar med varandra

Utanför Uppsalas stadskärna planeras det att bygga en ny stadsdel till år 2050, kallad Sydöstra staden. Uppsala kommun vill vara i framkant gällande hållbar stadsplanering och är därför intresserade av att utreda möjligheter till att tillvarata resurser i avloppsvattnet, som ett alternativ till konventionell rening. I dagsläget står hanteringen av avloppsvatten inför nya typer av utmaningar som rör utsläpp av växthusgaser, bristande resursåtervinning och energieffektivitet samtidigt som kraven på rening ökar. Ett tillvägagångssätt som skulle kunna möjliggöra hantering av dessa utmaningar är genom implementering av källsorterande system. Ett källsorterande avloppssystem separerar vattenfraktionerna för enskild behandling, vilket möjliggör att resurser så som energi och näringsämnen kan återvinnas. Syftet med arbetet var att kartlägga drivkrafter och utifrån dessa identifiera systemlösningar för källsorterat avloppsavfall i Sydöstra staden i Uppsala. Genom studie gällande drivkrafter samt efterföljande workshop med en referensgrupp från Uppsala Vatten kunde möjliga drivkrafter för Uppsala identifieras: Vattenbesparing, Uppfyllande av höga reningskrav, Resurseffektivitet vad gäller energi och näring, Kunskapsgivande samt Klimatneutralitet. Identifiering av drivkrafter resulterade i litteraturstudie för att identifiera anläggningar med liknande drivkrafter som referensgruppen. Studien visade att drivkrafter likt de ovan nämnda resulterade i teknik såsom membranbioreaktor för rötning av källsorterat avloppsavfall. Därefter, genomfördes intervjuer med personer som varit/är delaktiga i pilotprojekt i Sverige för att specifiera vad som krävs för ett genomförande. I nuläget har det visat sig vara svårt att kräva implementering av ett källsorterande system med huvudsyfte att återföra produkter, då kretsloppsaspekten inte har varit ett tillräckligt juridisk motiv för genomförande. I Helsingborg underlättades genomförandet av en hög ambitionsnivå samt en tydlig målbild från kommunen. Slutsats från arbetet är att systemlösningen som bäst lämpar sig för de identifierade drivkrafterna inkluderar rötning av källsorterat avfall i membranbioreaktor (AnMBR), samt urinsortering med efterföljande torkning. Beräkningar gällande en potentiell implementering resulterade i att pilotanläggningen i Sydöstra staden ska dimensioneras för 900 personer. Gällande systemet för behandling av urin, resulterade den dagliga urinproduktionen i att torkningsbädden bör ha en area motsvarande 30 m2 alternativt 23 m2 (beroende på torkningshastighet). För behandling av fekalier, fastställdes mått på membranreaktorn till radien 5 meter och höjden 11 meter, med volymen spolvatten som huvudsaklig orsak till den stora volymen. / Outside the city center of Uppsala, a new district called ”the Southeastern city” will be built by 2050. Uppsala municipality wants to be at the forefront of sustainable planning and is therefore interested in investigating opportunities to utilize resources found in wastewater, as an alternative to conventional treatment of wastewater. Wastewater management is facing new types of problems related to greenhouse gas emissions, resource recycling and energy efficiency. One approach that enables management of these challenges is through the implementation of source separation sewer systems, that separates the household wastewater into different fractions. This enables resources such as energy and nutrients to be recycled. The purpose of the work was to identify drivers and from these drivers identify a solution for source separated sewage fractions in the southeastern city of Uppsala. Through a literature study followed by a workshop with Uppsala Vatten, possible drivers for Uppsala were determined to be Water Saving, Fulfillment of purification requirements, Resource efficiency regarding energy and nutrition, Obtaining knowledge and Climate neutrality. The determination of possible drivers resulted in further literature study, to identify facilities with similar drivers as Uppsala. The study showed that drivers as the ones identified for Uppsala have resulted in technology such as membrane bioreactor for digestion of source separated wastewater. Interviews were also conducted with people who have been or are involved in pilot projects in Sweden to specify what is required for implementation of a source separation system. It is currently difficult to require the implementation of such system with the main argument of recycling products, as the recycle aspect has not been a motive enough juridically for implementation. In Helsingborg, the ambition and a clear vision from the municipality was crucial for the implementation. In conclusion, the system best suited to the identified drivers include anaerobic digestion of source separated waste water in membrane bioreactor (AnMBR), as well as urine dehydration. Calculations were performed regarding a potential implementation resulted in that the treatment plant should treat wastewater from 900 people. For the treatment of urine, the daily urine production resulted in an area of the drying bed of 30 m2 or 23 m2 for varying drying rates. For treatment of faeces, dimensions of the membrane reactor were determined to radius 5 meters and 11 meters height, where the volume of flush water was the main reason for the large reactor.

This study investigated the effects of the detergent phosphorus ban implemented on January 1, 1988 in Virginia, on the treatment streams of the York River Wastewater Treatment Plant, a biological nutrient removal (BNR) system. Evaluation of the available historical data indicated that the influent phosphorus load entering the plant in the post-ban period had decreased 27% compared to the pre-ban period. The influent phosphorus concentration had decreased 29% from the pre- to the post-ban period. No definitive conclusion could be reached concerning the effects of the influent phosphorus decrease on the treatment efficiency due to operational changes which occurred at the time of the ban implementation. The combination of operational changes and the phosphorus ban resulted in 54% and 59% decreases in the effluent phosphorus load and concentration, respectively. Measurements and modelling of the anaerobic digester contents indicated that several minor changes had occurred in the digester which may be attributable to the phosphorus ban, but the equilibria of the digester regarding phosphorus compounds had not been dramatically altered. This was primarily due to improved operation of the clarifiers and sludge thickeners, which delivered Similar phosphorus loads to the digester in the pre- and post-ban periods. / Master of Science

Att följa ammonium i reningsverk är avgörande för att förbättra reningsprocessen och kontrollera flödet av föroreningar ut till ekosystemet. Jonselektiva elektroder (ion-selective electrodes, ISEs) är en lovande teknik inom området, där polymermembran baserade på nonactin är de mest studerade membranen för ammoniumsensorer. Membranet droppas tillsammans med ett jon-till-elektron transducerande material på ett elektrodsubstrat av grafit eller glasartat kol. Nonactin-baserade jonselektiva elektroder har typiskt en detektionsgräns inom storleksordningen 10-5 M, men uppvisar betydande kaliuminterferenser. Ett elektrodsystem baserat på grafitelektroder, inkluderande en ISE och en referenselektrod (RE), studerades i detta examensarbete. De jonselektiva elektroderna producerades genom att droppa jon-till-elektron trandsducerande funktionella flerväggiga kolnanotuber (functional multiwalled carbon nanotubes, f-MWCNTs) lösta i tetrahydrofuran (THF) och en membrancocktail innehållande polyvinylklorid (PVC), mjukgörare och nonactin löst i THF på grafitelektroder. Membranet täcktes sedan med en buffrad polyvinylalkohol (PVA) hydrogel med pH 7 och ett gas-permeabelt membran. Referenselektroderna producerades genom att droppa en membrancocktail av polyvinylbutyral (PVB) mättat med NaCl på grafitelektroder. Jonselektiva elektroder med f-MWCNTs som jon-till-elektron transducerande lager och ett PVC-baserat ammonium-selektivt membran med nonactin producerades framgångsrikt. Elektroderna hade en detektionsgräns i storleksordningen 10-5 M, vilket kan jämföras med tidigare artiklar publicerade inom området. Ytterligare producerades PVB-baserade referenselektroder mättade med NaCl framgångsrikt. Referenselektroderna uppvisade små variationer när koncentrationer av olika salt varierades. Arbetet visade att det gaspermeabla membranet Hyflon AD i kombination med en PVA hydrogel inte var lämplig i den föreslagna konfigurationen, då hålrum formades i torkningsprocessen av det gaspermeabla membranet och membranet delaminerade. Det föreslogs att beteendet kunde vara en konsekvens av inkompatibilitet mellan PVC och det gaspermeable membranet, till följd av deras skillnad i polaritet. / Monitoring ammonium in wastewater is vital to improve the treatment process and monitor the release of the pollutant into the ecosystem. Ion-selective electrodes (ISEs) is a promising technique in the area where the ISE is often based on a polymeric membrane containing the ionophore nonactin. The polymeric ion-selective membrane is drop-cast onto graphite or glassy carbon electrode substrates together with an ion-to-electron transducing layer. Nonactin-based ISEs typically demonstrate a limit of detection (LOD) in the range of 10-5 M, but exhibit significant potassium interferences. A solid-state system based on graphite electrodes, including an ISE and a reference electrode (RE), was investigated in this study. The ISEs were produced by drop-casting ion-to-electron transducing functional multi-walled carbon nanotubes (f-MWCNTs) dispersed in tetrahydrofuran (THF) and a membrane cocktail comprising poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC), plasticizer, and nonactin dispersed in THF onto graphite electrodes. The membrane was then covered with a buffered poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) hydrogel of pH 7 and a gas-permeable membrane (GPM). The solid-state RE was produced by drop-casting a poly(vinyl butyral) (PVB) membrane cocktail saturated with NaCl onto the graphite electrode.  ISEs using f-MWCNTs as ion-to-electron transducers and a PVC-based ammonium-sensitive membrane with nonactin were successfully produced. The electrodes exhibited LODs in the range of 10-5 M, which is comparable to previous articles published on the subject. Additionally, PVB-based solid-state REs saturated with NaCl were successfully produced. The reference electrodes exhibited minor influences when varying the concentrations of various salts. The study showed that the GPM Hyflon AD combined with a PVA hydrogel was not suitable in this configuration, as air voids were formed in the drying process, and the membrane was easily delaminated. It was suggested that this behavior could be a consequence of the incompatibility of PVC and the GPM due to their difference in polarity.

El adjetivo del articulo tiene como objetivo la evaluación de un análisis comparativo del costo de inversión de las PTAR ubicadas en la cuidad de Lima que son consideradas las más importantes a nivel nacional por la función clave que ambas tienen en dicha cuidad de descontaminar las aguas residuales producidas, este articulo científico busca analizar si los cos-tos de inversión están directamente proporcionales con los caudales de ambas PTAR y también hacer un análisis de los impactos que ambas infraestructuras pudieron llegar a causar teniendo en cuenta los dos tipos de impactos existentes que son los negativos y los positivos. / The adjective of the article has as objective the evaluation of a comparative analysis of the investment cost of the PTAR located in the city of Lima, which are considered the most important at the national level due to the key function that both have in said city of decontaminating wastewater. produced, this scientific article seeks to analyze whether the investment costs are directly proportional to the flows of both PTAR and to analyze the impacts that both infrastructures could cause, taking into account the two types of existing impacts, which are negative and the positives.

Diploma thesis is aimed on description of wastewater treatment plant with gravitational inflow. Focus is on WWTP in the Czech Republic, particularly in the South Moravia region - in this aspect the thesis presents relevant statistics like the number of WWTP per region and the total, capacity of WWTP per region and their substance load on inflow /outflow. The recherche is also limited according to the core subject of theoretical part, which is technology of small WWTP in the category up to 2000 equivalent habitants. The experimental part presents comparsion of particular wastewater treatment plant of this category in the South Moravia region: one with gravitational inflow and one with inflow pump station. The examined wastewater treatment plant are compared according to substance load, hydraulic load and technology. Thesis is concluded with a review of the different operation parameters of the both types of WWTP.

Im ersten Teil dieser Arbeit „Metaanalyse vorhandener Ökobilanzen der Siedlungsentwässerung“ wird mit Hilfe einer qualitativen Metaanalyse vorhandener Ökobilanzen der Siedlungsentwässerung untersucht, welche wichtigen Stellschrauben es in der Umweltleistung von Abwasserreinigungsanlagen gibt und welchen Einfluss diese auf den demographischen Wandel haben. Die Ergebnisse zeigen Stromverbrauch, Schlamm und damit verbundene Toxizität sowie Eutrophierung als Indikatoren der Umweltleistung der Abwasserreinigung, die zur Reaktion auf den demographischen Wandel berücksichtigt werden müssen. Im zweiten Tei. „Ökologische Analyse des Gesamtsystems der Siedlungsentwässerung unter Betrachtung des Siedlungsanschlusses“ werden die ökologischen Auswirkungen des Gesamtsystems der Abwasserentsorgung über den gesamten Lebenszyklus analysiert. Die Arbeit kommt zu dem Ergebnis, dass diese Entscheidung für ein zentrales oder ein dezentrales System sowohl von der Siedlungsgröße, als auch von der Entfernung zur bestehenden Kläranlage abhängig ist. Der dritte Teil „Ökologische Analyse von Kleinkläranlagen“ analysiert eine Alternative zur in Deutschland üblichen Methode der Abwassereinigung durch eine zentrale Kläranlage. Die Kleinkläranlage ist eine dezentrale Lösung für die Haushalte, die nicht an das kommunale Abwassernetz angeschlossen werden. In der Arbeit wird eine SBR-Anlage im Hinblick auf ihre ökologischen Auswirkungen mittels einer Ökobilanzierung mit Hilfe der Software SimaPro untersucht.