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How
to Increase Sludge Dryness (Answers at WEFTEC)
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Sludge Dryness WEFTEC Route Map in GDPS will be Updated, Expanded
and Sent to you Again Next Week
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Sludge Dryness GDPS Route Map will be Permanent
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Some WEFTEC Highlights
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Additional Highlights will be added Next Week
How to Increase
Sludge Dryness (Answers at WEFTEC)
WEFTEC will start
on October 5 and close on October 9. McIlvaine, as usual will be
interviewing exhibitors and speakers. However, a new concept will
also be introduced. This concept is called the Global Decisions
Positioning SystemT (GDPS). The template is the
McIlvaine Power Plant Air Quality Decisions. This system has been
continuously honed since it was introduced in 1974. Now the concept
is being applied to many other areas including municipal secondary
wastewater treatment. The concept is explained at;
Global Decisions
Positioning SystemT (GDPS)
Global
Decisions Orchard
Each system has a
sector in the Global Decisions Orchard. Many decisions require
travel through a number of decision trees. GDPS provides the route
maps. Secondary wastewater treatment requires thousands of decisions
and, therefore, thousands of route maps, so achieving drier sludge
is just one of them.
Secondary Wastewater Treatment Orchard Sector
Wastewater plants
are continually seeking to reduce energy costs through more
efficient operations. Drier sludge is one potential.
Drier Sludge Route Map in Secondary Wastewater
Treatment GDPS
Many plant
operators and consultants attending WEFTEC will be focused on
improving the efficiency of their plants. Reducing aeration energy
with variable speed drives or more efficient blowers may be an
option to be investigated. Automating operations would also be
attractive. Energy recovery by generating biogas would be another. A
fourth option would be obtaining a drier sludge to reduce
incinerator fuel consumption.
Each opportunity
needs to be investigated separately. We have chosen the drier sludge
on which to focus instead of spending hours determining which
speeches, posters and stands will provide insights on each aspect of
the investigation. The visitors can use the equivalent of your
automobile GPS. The advantage will be as significant as the GPS
system in the vehicle vs. the map provided at the rental counter.
To investigate
ways to obtain greater sludge dryness, it makes sense to first see
whether there are some operating initiatives which will achieve the
improvement.
 1st
Decision Tree Stop: Chemicals for final dewatering
The simple
solution would be to change the chemical additions prior to the belt
press in some way to improve the final dryness.
Speeches and Posters:
Monday
10:30 a.m. - Booth 2613 BASF Solutions for Global Water Challenges,
by Linda Muroski, Business Director, Water Solutions North America,
BASF
11:00 a.m. -
Booth 2613 "Introducing Zetag® ULTRA Series of Cationic
Flocculants for High Shear Applications," by Emily Lindstrom,
Product and Applications Chemist, BASF
Exhibits:
3F Chimica
Americas/U.S. Polymers - Booth 2913
BASF - Booth 2613
Bomo (Beijing
Environmental Protection Technology) - Booth 4280
GE Water and
Power - Booth 4667, 4663
Kemira - Booth
4912
Xitao Polymer -
Booth 4467
2nd
Decision Tree Stop: Chemicals for Preliminary Dewatering
The next
potential stop would be to look at chemical additions prior to the
BFP.
Speeches and Posters:
Monday
10:30 a.m. - Booth 2613 BASF Solutions for Global Water Challenges,
by Linda Muroski, Business Director, Water Solutions North America,
BASF
11:00 a.m. -
Booth 2613 "Introducing Zetag® ULTRA Series of Cationic Flocculants
for High Shear Applications," by Emily Lindstrom, Product and
Applications Chemist, BASF
Exhibits:
3F Chimica
Americas/U.S. Polymers - Booth 2913
BASF - Booth 2613
Bomo (Beijing
Environmental Protection Technology) - Booth 4280
GE Water - Booths
4667 and 4663
Kemira - Booth
4912
Xitao Polymer -
Booth 4467
3rd
Decision Tree Stop: Improve the Existing BFP Physical Performance
The next most
fruitful trip will be the investigation of physical improvements to
the belt filter press operation. This could include new belts or
more extensive changes.
Speeches:
Wednesday - Room
S501A
8:30 a.m. -
Thickening and Dewatering, Moderator Jeanette Brown, Manhattan
College
9:30 a.m. -
Technical, Environment, and Economic Assessment of Sludge Thickening
Processes: A comparison of conventional and novel technologies
10:30 a.m. -
Seeking to Understand and Address the Impact of Biological
Phosphorous Removal on Biosolids Dewatering
11:30 a.m. - A
Systematic Approach to Understand and Optimize the Solids Dewatering
Process, Weihua Peng, United Water
This speech will
discuss applying a systematic approach of combining bench-scale and
full-scale testing techniques to assess the optimum operational
parameters for belt filter presses in order to maximize their
dewatering capability. It will also present, using advanced
statistical analysis, tools to rank the operational parameters in
terms of their effects on the performance of belt filter presses,
which allows utilities to allocate their limited resources to the
most influential process control parameters.
Exhibitors: Belt Presses
Andritz - Booth
2002
BDP
Infilco Degremont
- Booth 2431
Komline Sanderson
- Booth 3631
Phoenix Process
Equipment - Booth 504
Siemens
Exhibitors - Belts
GSM Filtration -
Booth 253
GKD - Booth 3250
4th
Decision Tree Stop Continuous Sludge Dryness Monitoring
Continuous
monitors are now available that may provide the needed dryness.
Speeches:
Monday: BASF
Stand 2613
3:30 p.m. -
Advances in Wastewater Treatment and Reuse (Bob McIlvaine, McIlvaine
Company)
Exhibitors:
Alfa Laval -
Booth 1031
Andritz
Separation - Booth 2002
Metso - Booth
1738
5th
Decision Tree Stop: Improve Automation of Sludge Dewatering Process
The response time
to changes in sludge characteristics is key to obtaining a drier
sludge. Automation of the process using the sludge dryness monitor
as one of the inputs is beneficial.
Speeches:
Monday: BASF -
Stand 2613
3:30 p.m. -
Advances in Wastewater Treatment and Reuse (Bob McIlvaine, McIlvaine
Company)
Exhibitors:
Emerson - Booth
4067
Invensys - Booth
3678
Rockwell
Automation - Booth 3243
Siemens - Booth
1431
YSI (Xylem) -
Booth 1443
6th
Decision Tree Stop: Install New Gravity Sludge Conditioning Device
Speeches:
Wednesday Room
S501A
8:30 a.m. -
Optimizing Gravity Thickeners Performance at The World's Largest
Advanced WWTP by David Parker, HDR Engineering
9:00 a.m. -
Thickening Primary Solids for Digester Operational Enhancement at
the Hyperion Treatment Plant, City of Los Angeles by Edick Ohanian,
City of Los Angeles
Exhibitors: Gravity Belt Thickeners
Andritz - Booth
2002
Komline Sanderson
Exhibitors: Belts
GSM Filtration -
Booth 253
GKD - Booth 3250
7th
Decision Tree Stop: Install New Dewatering Device
Speeches:
Wednesday - Room
S501A
9:30 a.m. -
Technical, Environmental, and Economic Assessment of Sludge
Thickening Processes: A comparison of conventional and novel
technologies:
Exhibits-Centrifuges
Alfa Laval -
Booth 1031
Andritz - Booth
2002
Centrisys- Booth
2619
Flottweg - Booth
2236
GEA Westfalia -
Booth 617
Noxon - Booth
3288
Shanghai
Centrifuge - Booth 2675
Filter Press - Recessed Chamber
Lenzing - Booth
1874
Sludge Dryness
Route Map in GDPS will be Updated, Expanded and Sent to you again
Next Week.
Next Thursday we
will send you an updated and expanded dryness route map. If you have
a contribution to make to sludge dryness and will be exhibiting or
walking the floor at WEFTEC then we want to include you. If you are
not an exhibitor, we will need your cell phone so that people can
contact you during the show. If you are an exhibitor, we can just
use the booth name. However if you have a specialist on dryness,
then it would be good to provide his name and mobile number to us.
Sludge Dryness
GDPS Route Map will be Permanent
This route map
will be continually expanded to cover the full range of activities
relative to obtaining drier sludge. It will be one of many routes in
the municipal wastewater secondary treatment GDPS. This system will
be available free of charge to any municipal wastewater plant
employee in any country. There will be a subscription fee for
others. Contact McIlvaine for the details.
Some WEFTEC Highlights
BASF Unveils New
Polymer And Schedules Five Speeches At Stand 2613
At Booth 2613,
BASF will unveil Zetag® ULTRA, a new cationic flocculant
range offering high performance even in the toughest applications.
BASF will also feature its new T-Rack® 3.0 based on inge®
ultrafiltration membrane technology for seawater desalination and
wastewater reuse. In addition, attendees are invited to the booth
for 15-minute presentations from BASF and Bob McIlvaine, President
of the McIlvaine Company (schedule below).
"BASF is
committed to providing sustainable solutions to address the world's
rising water demands," said Linda Muroski, Business Director for
BASF Water Solutions in North America. "Our extensive product
portfolio of water treatment products, investment in R&D and
collective strength of our growing team is helping our customers
meet their water management goals."
The new products
BASF will introduce at WEFTEC align with customer needs for improved
water treatment solutions, such as high performance flocculants and
membrane technologies. The Zetag® ULTRA flocculant range
offers strong floc integrity for high shear applications and can be
used in highly variable sludge conditions. It is especially
effective for plants that use centrifuge, flotation and gravity belt
thickener processes. It offers a significant dosing reduction
compared to the market standard. As a result of its effectiveness,
operational cost savings and a reduction in biosolids transport and
landfill disposal costs can be achieved.
The T-Rack 3.0 is
a compact ultrafiltration solution to address the specific
requirements of larger-scale filtration systems such as those used
for the pretreatment in seawater desalination or wastewater reuse.
It meets the key requirements of corrosion resistance and high
pressure operability at high temperatures and also supports greater
treatment capacity. In addition, the T-Rack's plug and play
installation lowers the amount of maintenance required.
BASF Presentation
Schedule at WEFTEC
Monday, October 7
10:30 a.m. -
Keynote Address - BASF Solutions for Global Water Challenges, by
Linda Muroski, Business Director, Water Solutions North America,
BASF
11:00 a.m. -
"Introducing Zetag® ULTRA Series of Cationic Flocculants
for High Shear Applications," by Emily Lindstrom, Product and
Applications Chemist, BASF
2 p.m. - "Inge®
Ultrafiltration Membrane and Modular Technology," by Tim Letourneau,
Head of Membrane Solutions, BASF
3:30 p.m. -
"Trends in Municipal Waste Water Treatment and Reuse" by Bob
McIlvaine, President, McIlvaine Company
Tuesday, October
8
10 a.m. - "How
Can Chemistry Be a Strong Enabler for the Chemical Industry?" by
Yannick Fovet, Head of Global Development for Water Solutions and
Membrane Technology
Andritz - Booth
#002
Centrysis - Booth
2619
Centrisys
engineers created the THK from the ground up to require no polymer -
even while increasing flow rates. The company states that a facility
can save up to $140,000 annually p/dry ton for WAS - and earn full
ROI in 2.5 years based on those savings alone.
Crane - Booth
4626
Danfoss (Booth
1241) - InterWEBviewT with McIlvaine is good preparation before you
visit their booth.
InterWEBview with Jeffrey Bergman of
Danfoss
Danfoss provides VLT®
variable frequency drives to control speed, torque, acceleration,
synchronization, positioning, and the overall performance of AC
motors. The reliable and innovative VLT® drives are
designed to support any automation application and provide major
energy savings.
InterWEBview:
Danfoss drives for wastewater
treatment plants- InterWEBviewT with Jeffrey Bergman
YouTube:
Danfoss drives for wastewater
treatment plants- InterWEBviewT with Jeffrey Bergman
Ebara Fluid
Handling - Booth 2915
Gardner Denver -
Booth 1412
GE Power & Water
- Booth 4667, 4663
GE's RootsT
Blowers, Compressors and Controls - High Performance and Energy
Savings
GE Oil & Gas
offers Roots blowers, compressors and controls, innovative, advanced
air and gas handling products ranging in size and features from
small and large rotary lobe blowers and standard blower and
compressor packages to custom blower and compressor packages and
centrifugal compressors and controls systems.
Roots blowers and
compressors technology is built on a heritage of engineering and
manufacturing expertise dating back to the Roots brothers' discovery
of the principle of the rotary positive displacement blower in 1854.
Today, Roots
aeration controls systems technology delivers customers savings of
up to 40 percent of the energy used for WWT aeration.
GEA - Booth 617
Satin Weaves are the most commonly chosen fabric
style for municipal sludge dewatering. Satin weaves offer high
solids capture rates, good cake release, and fabric strength.
Spiral link fabrics offer superior fabric life and
have the added benefit of no clipper seams. Spiral belts when
assembled are essentially endless. Many municipal wastewater plants
are now using spirals for the top and bottom press zones and are
particularly useful for older machines.
Plain weave
fabrics
are mostly used
for very high drainage rates and are typically found on gravity
tables in applications with very high coarse material sludge.
IDEX - Booth 1605
Kemira - Booth
4912
LSC Environmental
- Booth 1412
PALL - Booth 1372
Pentair - Booth
2023
Purafil - Booth
3003
Noxon North
America - Booth 3288
Siemens Process
Instrumentation and Analytics - Booth 5163
Siemens Water
Technologies - Booth 1431
Singer Valve -
Booth 1969
Wilo USA - Booth
#076
Xylem - Booth
1443, 3940
Additional
Highlights will be Added Next Week
If you are a
McIlvaine client and would like to see a highlight on your stand at
WEFTEC, please communicate with us in the next few days.
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