Dynamic Process Modelling for Aeration Blower Design at the Humber Treatment Plant
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Abstract
Dynamic Process Modelling for Aeration Blower Design at the Humber Treatment PlantAbstractThe City of Toronto initiated a design and construction project in 2022 to replace the existing secondary treatment aeration blowers at the Humber Treatment Plant. A comprehensive review of historical flow and plant operating data was conducted to derive a design-year hourly diurnal flow and load profile (8,760 discrete data points) for input into a commercial wastewater process simulation tool. The output oxygen demands were used to generate process airflows considering varying wastewater temperatures, standard oxygen transfer efficiency based on net airflow per diffuser and diffuser depth, and dynamic alpha based on aeration basin oxygen uptake rates at each time step in the flow and load profile. Statistical and seasonal analyses were applied to the resulting airflow data sets to determine performance guarantee points at varying inlet air conditions for blower equipment preselectionThe City of Toronto initiated a capital project in 2022 to replace the existing secondary treatment aeration blowers at the Humber Treatment Plant. A comprehensive approach was implemented to develop the process design basis for the new aeration blowers using dynamic wastewater treatment process modelling to derive process airflows for a one-year hourly diurnal flow and load profile. Resulting airflows were used to determine performance guarantee points at varying inlet air conditions.SpeakerRizzuti, DanielPresentation time08:30:0009:00:00Session time08:30:0010:00:00SessionThe Big Bad Blower: Huffing and Puffing Air Through Your Aeration BasinsSession locationRoom S401d - Level 4TopicEnergy Production, Conservation, and Management, Facility Operations and Maintenance, Intermediate Level, Municipal Wastewater Treatment DesignTopicEnergy Production, Conservation, and Management, Facility Operations and Maintenance, Intermediate Level, Municipal Wastewater Treatment DesignAuthor(s)Rizzuti, DanielAuthor(s)D. Rizzuti 1; J. Kraemer 2 ; Pretorius 3; T. Young 4; T. Gretarsson 5; D. Pease 6; T. Shen 7; E. Eini 8; V. Szonda 6; D. Rizzuti 1;Author affiliation(s)GHD Ltd., Waterloo, ON 1; GHD Ltd., Waterloo, ON 2 ; GHD 3; GHD 4; GHD 5; City of Toronto, ON 6; City of Toronto, ON 7; City of Toronto, ON 8; City of Toronto, ON 6; GHD 1;SourceProceedings of the Water Environment FederationDocument typeConference PaperPublisherWater Environment FederationPrint publication date Oct 2023DOI10.2175/193864718825159068Volume / Issue Content sourceWEFTECCopyright2023Word count13
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Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)
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| Metaresearch | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Open science | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Research integrity | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.004 | 0.001 |
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Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.
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