For the development of new control strategies for small activated sludge systems (<500 P.E.) the oxidation-reduction potential (ORP) has been tested as a suitable parameter. Batch and continuous experiments in a pilot plant with alternating nitrification and denitrification phases proved the relation between the actual load and the behaviour of ORP in the aeration tank. Using a two-point controller, increasing load correlated with an extension of aerated phases in relation to unaerated phases. Decreasing load equalled to a decrease of the ratio of nitrification time-cycle time. On the basis of these results an ORP controller has been developed allowing both automatic setup and on-line adaption. Operational results from a pilot plant are presented, including effluent quality and energy efficiency.
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August 01 1998
Development of a new system for control and optimization of small wastewater treatment plants using oxidation-reduction potential (ORP)
Water Sci Technol (1998) 38 (3): 307–314.
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T. Zipper, N. Fleischmann, R. Haberl; Development of a new system for control and optimization of small wastewater treatment plants using oxidation-reduction potential (ORP). Water Sci Technol 1 August 1998; 38 (3): 307–314. doi: https://doi.org/10.2166/wst.1998.0225
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