The workshops and exercises were great ..... very helpful in consolidating the theory and linking it to design.- Gold Coast 2007 View all testimonials

Design of Biological and Advanced Wastewater Treatment Plants



This course is available at these future events:
Gold Coast 2010, Perth 2010

This course focuses on the design of leading-edge treatment systems for both municipal & industrial settings – the sort of technologies and issues that are not easily found in textbooks !  

By completing this course, you will become familiar with the main drivers influencing modern treatment plant designs and key design parameters.

The course is a mixture of interactive workshops, a site visit and inspirational teaching.

ISSUES ADDRESSED

DAY 1   Design Issues for Biological Systems

Murrumba Aeration Basin

  • Critical design issues – municipal and industrial systems
  • Basic bioenergetics
  • COD fractions
  • COD vs BOD; COD & N fractions; P fractions
  • Organism growth and decay
  • Importance of sludge age and various biological mass fractions
  • Nitrogen removal - stoichiometry and rates
  • Design Workshop 1:  Process option selection & integration (“easy” systems)

DAY 2   Biological Nutrient Removal

  • Phosphorus removal  - biological and chemical
  • BNR process configurations and case studies
  • BNR activated sludge design for very tight N and P limits
  • Design Workshop 2 - Design of BNR plant - considering sludge age, temperature effects, anoxic fraction, N&P profiles, design MLSS, reactor and clarifier sizing

DAY 3   Site Visits

  • Site Visit 1 – a large municipal BNR plant
  • Site visit 2 – large industrial wastewater treatment & water reuse facility
  • Debrief

DAY 4    Primary, Anaerobic and Solids Handling Technologies

  • What are the drivers in design of modern treatment plants ?
  • Innovative primary technologies - hydrocyclones, ultrasound, electrocoagulation
  • Biosolids and waste to energy 
  • Design Workshop 3:  Design of High Rate Anaerobic System

DAY 5   Design Issues for Biological Systems

  • Membrane bioreactors – design issues and case studies
  • Design Workshop 4: Design of complex industrial wastewater treatment plants

WHAT DO YOU GET ?

  • CD, including electronic working copies of design spreadsheets used in exercises
  • Hardcopy of the course notes and slides
  • Access to leading designers and practitioners
  • Two site visits

WHO SHOULD ATTEND ?

People involved in design, concept generation and development, or process selection for modern treatment plants.  The course assumes familiarity with the fundamentals of wastewater treatment.  Computer literacy (Excel spreadsheets) is a recommendation. Participants are encouraged to bring laptop computers for use in class design exercises.


PRESENTERS:
Mike Johns
David Fligelman