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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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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Bob McIlvaine www.mcilvaine@mcilvainecompany.com
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