OGAR® is an industrial process control system that utilises on-line redox measurements to control the aeration sequence in an activated sludge process. Compared to conventional process control systems that use dissolved oxygen, OGAR® makes use of redox as a control parameter during both aerobic and anoxic conditions. This paper reports on its first application in a sequencing batch reactor. The principal aim of this project is to demonstrate the capability of OGAR® to achieve concentrations of total nitrogen in the treated effluent of less than 10 mg/L, which are typically stipulated by Queensland's Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). In this study the use of the control system resulted in the following SBR performance: consistent effluent total nitrogen less than 5.0 mg/L; ammonia concentration reduced from 31.6 mg/L to 0.32 mg/L, effluent nitrate 2.8 mg/L; DO setpoint 1.5 mg/L had 10% higher effluent total nitrogen compared to DO setpoint 4.0 mg/L and redox end-points for nitrification 400 mV, denitrification 150 mV.
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August 01 2002
Nitrogen removal in a SBR using the OGAR process control system
Z. Tomlins;
*ASTRAN, Ondeo Services, PO Box 2029, Noosa Heads Qld 4567, Australia
E-mail: zane.tomlins@aws.aust.com
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M. Thomas;
M. Thomas
*ASTRAN, Ondeo Services, PO Box 2029, Noosa Heads Qld 4567, Australia
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J.-M. Audic;
J.-M. Audic
***Ondeo Services Technology and Research Centre, Paris
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V. Urbain
V. Urbain
*ASTRAN, Ondeo Services, PO Box 2029, Noosa Heads Qld 4567, Australia
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Water Sci Technol (2002) 46 (4-5): 125–130.
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Z. Tomlins, M. Thomas, J. Keller, J.-M. Audic, V. Urbain; Nitrogen removal in a SBR using the OGAR process control system. Water Sci Technol 1 August 2002; 46 (4-5): 125–130. doi: https://doi.org/10.2166/wst.2002.0567
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