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Engineering Example of Compact Type Sewage Treatment Plant

Weijian Zhou1,2, Wenzhong Liang1,2, Yining Ding1,2, Yutao Lei2, Zhihua Pang1,2, Zhipeng Zhuang1, 2, *
1Guangzhou Huake Environmental Protection Engineering Co., Ltd., Guangzhou 510655, China
2South China Institute of Environmental Sciences, the Ministry of Environment Protection of PRC, Guangzhou 510655, China

Abstract. Considering the land shortage features of a given district in Hangzhou city, the High-sludge
sedimentation tank + denitrification filtering tank + nitrification filtering tank + cloth media filtering tank
process is adopted for purification treatment. When the system (with the treatment scale of 15,000m3/d)
runs for 60 days, the average removal rate of COD and ammoniacal nitrogen are 86% and 96% respectively
and the effluent quality reach the quasi grade Ⅳ standard.

1 Introduction 2 Sewage Handling Capacity and Water

Quality Features
With the rapid expansion of urban scale and the sharp
increase of population size, the land resources in the The handling capacity of the sewage treatment plant in
urban district becomes very scarce. The situation under design is 15,000m3/d. As per the sewage water quality
which the sewage treatment plant seizes the land index data provided by the Client, the sewage is dominated by
with the human being occurs in many places. In order to the sanitary sewage. As the project location is at the
ensure the up-to-standard discharge of sewage treatment, densely-populated region, greater difficulty exists if the
the local government requires and entrusts the Designer effluent must conform to the IV level surface water
to design a set of compact type sewage treatment plant standard and the floor area is 2500m2 only. The influent
with the floor area of no more than 2,500m2 and the and effluent quality of this project in design are as shown
handling capacity of 15,000m3/d. For the main water in Table 1.
quality indicators of the effluent, please refer to the IV
level standard provided in the Environmental Quality Table 1. Influent and Effluent Quality Indicators (in mg/L)
Standards for Surface Water (GB3838-2002). As per the
Item COD NH3-N TP
above requirements, it is determined to adopt the ≤350 ≤30 ≤6.0
High-sludge sedimentation tank + denitrification filtering Inflow
≤30 ≤1.5(5.0)* ≤0.3
tank + nitrification filtering tank + cloth media filtering Effluent
tank process after the demonstration and comparison.
Both the denitrification filtering tank and nitrification Note: *the numerical value outside the bracket is the
filtering tank feature the small floor area, good effluent control index at the water temperature of more than 12℃,
quality, high handling efficiency, low total investment of while the numerical value inside the bracket is the
the project and other advantages[1, 2]. In recent years, control index at the water temperature of less than or
they are widely applied to standard improvement equal to 12℃.
modification works. The High-sludge sedimentation tank
is a new-style coagulative precipitation tank which has 3 Sewage Treatment Process
been rapidly promoted in recent years, which features the
high surface load and low SS in the effluent, and other
advantages[3]. The cloth media filtering tank features the 3.1 Process Selection
small floor area, clear effluent and other advantages[4].
The author introduces the process flow of the sewage There are many treatment processes of sanitary sewage,
treatment plant, design of main structures and buildings, including the common methods, such as AAO, oxidation
operation effect and operation cost. ditch and etc.[5]. However, such methods cannot be used
here due to the larger floor area. After the comprehensive
consideration of floor area, effluent effect and other
factors, this project adopts the High-sludge
sedimentation tank + denitrification filtering tank +
nitrification filtering tank + cloth media filtering tank
process.

*Corresponding author’s e-mail: [email protected]

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3.2 Process flow The specific process flow is as shown in Figure 1.

PAC PAM

Inflow Thick and thin grilles Lifting Pump Station High-sludge sedimentation tank

PAC
Recirculation

Cloth media filtering tank Denitrification filtering tank Denitrification filtering tank
Air
Air
Effluent
UV Disinfection Backwash Water Tank Denitrification filtering tank

Figure 1. Sewage Treatment Process Flow Chart

The process flow description is as follows: high the effluent may be reduced by about 5%, 5%-10% and
efficiency physicochemical reaction + deep 15%-30% separately. The effluent will realize the
carbonization denitrification + intensified effluent. up-to-standard discharge after being subject to the
(1) High efficiency physicochemical reaction: the ultraviolet disinfection.
sewage firstly passes through the thick grille where the
larger floating matter and suspended matter will be
3.3 Main structures and design parameters
removed. Then, it enters into lifting pump station where
it will be lifted via the pump and enter into the fine grille (1) Grille type grit chamber. Its front end is used to
tank where the floating matter and suspended matter with remove the smaller suspended matter and floating matter,
the equivalent diameter exceeding 5mm will be blocked, while its rear end is used to remove the fine sand with the
so as to protect the normal operation of subsequent density of more than 2.65t/m3, so as to ensure the normal
equipment and handling units. After passing through the operation of subsequent equipment. The size of grille
thick and thin grilles, the sewage will enter into the type grit chamber is 2.40m×13.25m×4.45m, while 2 sets
High-sludge sedimentation tank. Under the action of of mechanical fine grilles are selected with the grille
coagulation, flocculation and settling, most SS & TP, and spacing of 5mm and the power of 1.1kw. The sand
partial COD & BOD in the sewage will be removed, discharge pump has the flow rate of 12m3/h, head of 8m
while the effluent flows to the subsequent handling units. and power of 0.75kw.
After the intensified physicochemical reaction, the (2) Lifting pump station. The sewage will be lifted to
contents of COD, SS, TP, and NH3-N may be reduced by next processing unit via the pump. Its effective volume is
30%-50, 80%-90% and 85%-95%, and 10%-15%. 160m3 and 3 sets of submersible lift pumps are selected.
(2) Deep carbonization denitrification: upon the The pump has the flow rate of 500m3/h, head of 15m,
normal operation, the DO value of denitrification power of 30kw, and variable frequency.
filtering tank shall be less than 0.2mg/L. Under the (3) High-sludge sedimentation tank. The High-sludge
anaerobic conditions, the denitrifying bacteria will sedimentation tank integrates the features of the
reduce the TN into nitrogen. After the treatment of coagulation tank, flocculation tank, precipitation tank
denitrification filtering tank, the effluent will self-flow to and sludge thickener and may effectively remove most
the lower level nitrification filtering tank. Under the SS and TP, while it has a certain removal efficiency upon
condition that DO value exceeds 2mg/L, the aerobe and the pollutants. It has the size of (7.80m×6.60m +
nitrifying bacteria are effectively removed, and the BOD 5.05m×3.45m) ×5.50m. Among them, the retention time
and COD are further degraded into the CO2, H2O and at the coagulation section is 1.5min and the retention
other small molecule inorganics, while the NH3-N is time at the flocculation section is 4.3min, while the
converted into the nitrate and nitrite. Thus, it is removed. surface load at the settling section is 12.5m/h. The sludge
The effluent of nitrification filtering tank will be recycle ratio is 50%-100%, so as to increase the
backflowed to the front end of denitrification filtering coagulation effect and accelerate the growth of floc and
tank via the lift of pump to have the denitrification. In precipitation speed.
this manner, the NH3-N is effectively removed and the (4) Denitrification filtering tank. The Denitrification
effluent is discharged into the intermediate clean-water filtering tank consists of the distribution water system,
tank. Now, after the deep carbonization denitrification, distribution water pipe, backwash device, filtering media,
the COD of the effluent may be reduced by about 90%, and filtering media catcher, which utilizes the
while the SS may be reduced and kept at a lower level, nitrification liquid backflowed from the nitrification
and the TP may be reduced by 60%-70%. In addition, the filtering tank filtering tank to conduct the denitrification
NH3-N may be reduced by 90%-95%, while the effluent and remove most nitrate, nitrite, BOD5, COD and other
quality index may reach the Ⅳ standard. pollutants in sewage. Each grille has the size of
(3) Intensified effluent: after the deep filtering of 7.30m×4.00m×5.70m, and there are 4 grilles in total.
cloth media filtering tank, the COD, TP and NH3-N of Among them, the empty bed retention time is 56min, and

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the effective height of filtering media is 2.5m. The press filters for pre-treatment. Then, the low temperature
sludge recycle ratio is 50%-150%. dewatering is conducted via the low-temperature dryer.
(5) nitrification filtering tank. The nitrification The maximum handling capacity and power of stacked
filtering tank consists of the distribution water system, screw press filter are 300kg·DS/h and 3.1kw separately,
distribution water pipe, aeration device, backwash device, while the low-temperature dryer may dewater the sludge
filtering media, and filtering media catcher. Under the to about 30%.
aerobic conditions, it may remove most NH3-N, (9) Odor treatment equipment. The odor generated at
phosphate, and organic pollutants in sewage. Each grille each key zones are collectively collected via the pipeline,
has the size of 8.50m×6.60m×7.00m, and there are 5 while the air amount and pressure will be adjusted and
grilles in total. Among them, the empty bed retention controlled via the valves. Finally, the odor removal is
time is 2.8h, and the effective height of filtering media is collectively conducted via the biological deodorization
3.7m. equipment. The odor handling capacity is 10000m3/h.
(6) Cloth media filtering tank. The suspended matter The whole system has the floor area of about 2,500m2,
in the effluent of nitrification filtering tank will be and the arrangement is very compact.
intercepted by the cloth media and the effluent is subject
to the deep removal, so as to stabilize the TP, SS and
other effluent indexes. Its size is 6.00m×3.00m×2.20m, 4 Operation Effect Analysis
and the retention time is 2.6min.
(7) Ultraviolet disinfection channel. The effluent of 4.1 Operation conditions
the cloth media filtering tank will be discharged into the
surrounding rivers after the ultraviolet disinfection After the debugging and stable operation of compact type
treatment. Its size is 12.00m×4.00m×2.20m. sewage treatment plant, the operation effect of
(8) Sludge tank. It is the area where the sludge is biochemical treatment system is as shown in the Figure
temporarily stored. Its size is 8.30m×5.00m×4.50m, and 2.
its effective volume is 156m3. The lift pump station is
selected to send the sludge to 2 sets of stacked screw

Figure 2. COD, NH3-N, TP concentration variations in influent and effluent

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As shown in Figure 1, after the stable operation of the

system, during the 60d operation process, the COD
content of effluent is maintained below 30mg/L. The
removal rate of the sewage treatment plant is about 87%.
The NH3-N content is kept below 1.5mg/L. The removal
rate is about 96%. The TP content is kept below 0.3mg/L.
The removal rate is about 93%. Therefore, the combined
process "the High-sludge sedimentation tank +
denitrification filtering tank + nitrification filtering tank
+ cloth media filtering tank" is adopted to treat the
sanitary sewage, which may effectively remove variable
pollutants. The effluent may reach the quasi grade IV
standard of surface water.

4.2 Operation cost analysis

The total investment in this project is about CNY
68million, while the operation cost is about CNY 1.70 /
m³. Among them, the electricity cost, labor cost, drug
cost and other cost are CNY 0.95/ m³, CNY 0.22/ m³,
CNY 0.45/ m³,and CNY 0.08/ m³separately.

5 Conclusions & Suggestions

(1) The combined process "the High-sludge
sedimentation tank + denitrification filtering tank +
nitrification filtering tank + cloth media filtering tank" is
adopted to treat the sanitary sewage, which may
effectively remove variable pollutants. The effluent may
reach the quasi grade IV standard of surface water, while
its floor area is about 2500m2.
(2) Please further perfect the automatic level of water
quality purification plant, reduce the labor intensity,
enhance the technical expertise of the operators, and
ensure the stability and continuity of facility operation.

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