Optimization of wastewater treatment and sludge disposal systems : a package for micro-computer application | |
| Author | Viswanath, Arun |
| Call Number | AIT RSPR no. EV-84-4 |
| Subject(s) | Sewage--Purification--Activated sludge process Microcomputers--Programming |
| Note | A research study submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Engineering, School of Environment, Resources and Development |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Abstract | Optimization of a wastewater treatment plant using a branch and bound algorithm is presented here, and a package has been developed for application of this program on a micro-computer, IBM Personal Computer. The recycle flow, biochemical oxygen demand and suspended solids of the supernatant from sludge processing to the treatment plant head which bas made any optimization of a treatment plant difficult has been accounted for by deriving equations for these in terms of the influent characteristics and quantities - the influent flow, BOD and ss. Data of the influent and recycle characteristics and quantities were obtained by simulating the treatment plant. Simulation was performe for each biological wastewater treatment process system, viz., activate d sludge, trickling filter, rotating biological contactor and aerate lagoon, so as to make the data s o obtained more specific. Derivation of the equations relating the influent and recycle parameters was performed using the Statistical Package for the Social sciences. |
| Year | 1984 |
| Type | Research Study Project Report (RSPR) |
| School | School of Environment, Resources, and Development |
| Department | Department of Energy and Climate Change (Former title: Department of Energy, Environment, and Climate Change (DEECC)) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Environmental Engineering and Management (EV) |
| Chairperson(s) | Lohani, Bindu N. |
| Examination Committee(s) | Orth, Hermann M. ; Ohgaki, Shinnichiro |
| Scholarship Donor(s) | Norwegian Government |
| Degree | Research Studies Project Report (M. Eng.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 1984 |