This goal for this workshop is for attendees to evaluate their treatment system and develop a list of opportunities to improve and optimize their plant operation. This course is for experienced operators and managers of activated sludge plants. A microscopic floc assessment including filament identification should be conducted prior to the workshop so we know the present sludge quaility conditions that can be applied in the workshop. Topics specific to successful activated sludge operations will be covered. At the conclusion of the workshop attendees will leave the workshop with a comprehensive plan to implement at their facility to improve/optimize plant performance.
Workshop topics include:
° Poor floc formation
° Foaming
° Rising sludge
° Toxicity
° Rapid settling, turbid effluent
° Filamentous and slime bulking
° Low D.O. bulking
° Low F/M bulking (prduction shutdown, low production)
° Nutrient-deficient bulking
° Septicity (organic acids/sulfide) bulking
° Types of selectors
° Evaluating selectors vs step feed vs other modes
State-point analysis
° Floc formation
° Filament abundance
° Identifying filaments- characteristics, staining
° Protozoa/Metazoa
° Other organisms - zoogloea, tetrads, hyphomicrobium, PAOs, spirillum,
° Developing operating plans
° Develop troubleshooting charts
Instructor: Rick Marshall is a registered professional engineer and Grade VII (MA) certified operator with over 44 years of experience providing servics to hundreds of municipal, pulp & paper, food and beverage, chemical and refinery treatment systems. These services include:process training, process troubleshooting, treatment system optimization, treatment plant audits, plant design reviews foroperability, and O&M documentation (O&M manuals, SOPs)
Registration Fee: $250 USD, for webinar series. Group discount of 20% for 2 or more from same plant
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