ET 1215 - Activated Sludge Design Criteria and Performance Standards

Course Description

All Operators making process control decisions need to be aware of plant design criteria and regionally recognized performance standards. This is an important concept even if the plant is performing well. When upsets occur or you are dealing with seasonal I/I flows, comparing plant operations to design criteria and performance standards is one of the first steps to take when troubleshooting and making corrective process control decisions. This course is intended for the intermediate to advanced level operator and will focus on utilizing design criteria and performance standards when making process control decisions. Topics covered include standards and design criteria, key elements of process performance standards, evolution of activated processes, typical hydraulic sizing of BNR treatment components and a problem solving exercise were operators will assume that all or part of the plant’s design criteria is not available and will need to use performance standards to develop substitute design criteria for a fictitious activated sludge wastewater treatment plant.