Advanced Sequencing Batch Reactor (ASBR)

ASBR Presentation

ASBR Process
Projects
Equipment & Operation
Questions

Consulting Services on SBR processes & equipment

Biowin Modelling and Pilot studies
Conceptual & Detailed Engineering Design
Equipment Fabrication & Supply
Services during construction
Commissioning & Start-up
Training of Operators & End Users
After Sales Service & Customer Support
Remote Monitoring & Process Optimization

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Key Features

20+ years experience with proven SBR technology

Compartmentalized bio-zones for:
- maximum process efficiency
- inherent bio-P removal
Track Record of 200 plants in 19 Countries

(>85 in N. America)
Municipal & Industrial

ASBR Design

Top Water Level

TWL

HYDRAULIC VOLUME
Bottom Water Level
BWL

PROCESS VOLUME

How does ASBR work?

Time based variable volume process
Operates a "Process Cycle"
Process Cycle comprises a sequence of phases :
Filling with influent
React
Settling
Decanting (removing) treated effluent

Fill and Draw

ASBR Process Features

Compartmentalized reactor
Bio-Selector Zone
No Mixers
Hydraulic & Organic Load Equalization
BOD & TSS Oxidation
Nitrification & Denitrification - Total Nitrogen
Biological Phosphorus Removal

ASBR Sequence of Operation

Time (mins)

Basin 1

FILL
AERATE

Basin 2

FILL
SETTLE

Time (mins)

120

60
FILL
AERATE

120

240
W

FILL
SETTLE

DECANT A
S

60

180

DECANT A
S

FILL

FILL
AERATE
180

AERATE
120

180

240

ASBR Basin Layout (Rectangular)

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TWO BASIN Fine Bubble Diffused Air

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Effluent
Decanters

Inlet
wastewater

2 Basin ASBR system

ASBR 4 Basin System

Hannoville 30,000 m3/day, 4 basin

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22,000 m3/d

4 Basins
22,710 m3/d

4 Basins

4 Basins

20,000 m3/d

75,000

m3/d

8 Basins

Yannawa WWTP, Bangkok 200,000 m3/d, 4 basins

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Yannawa,
Thailand
200,000 m3/d

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9/16/2011

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BMA4 WWTP,
Bangkok
4 Stacked Basins
200,000 m3/d
500,000 PE

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4 Stacked Basins WWTP

500,000 PE
200,000 m3/d

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Industrial Applications

Dairy / Food Processing

Landfill Leachate / Centrate
Paper / Pulp
Textile

Chemical
Pharmaceutical
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Lukang Pharmaceutical, China 18,000 m3/d

Dairy Wastewater

Landfill Leachate
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9/16/2011

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ASBR Equipment
Effluent Decanter
Aeration Blowers & Diffusers
Process Control Center (PCC)
Motor Control Center (MCC)

WAS (and RAS) Pumps

Influent Flow & Air Control Valves
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Moving Weir Effluent Decanter

Constant Discharge Rate

Positive Solids Exclusion

Rate & Depth Adjustable

Robust SS Construction
Effluent is visible

Settled Sludge
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Effluent Decanters moving weir

raised above liquid

during aeration

- follows liquid level down during decanting

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Fine Bubble Aeration Diffusers

Removable Aeration Grids

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Fine Bubble Aeration lagoon SBR

Process Control Center (PCC)

SCADA

SCADA

HMI

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Blowers positive displacement (PD)

Sound enclosures

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Dissolved Oxygen Control

DO Probe

Air

Blowers

VFD

Respiration Rate Control

PCC
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Sludge Treatment

Thickening
Aerobic Digestion
Anaerobic Digestion
Dewatering
Lime Stabilization
Settlement SVI
Waste Sludge

50 - 80 ml/g
1 - 1.5 % Dry Solids
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Effluent Quality

BOD

< 10 mg/L

TSS

< 10 mg/L

NH3N

< 1 mg/L

TKN

< 5 mg/L

TN

< 5 10 mg/L

< 0.5 mg/L

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ASBR Provides

Simplicity
Reliability
Flexibility
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Advanced Sequencing Batch Reactor (ASBR)

QUESTIONS?

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