Abstract
Wastewater treatment requires energy-intensive technology. The demand for industrial and residential wastewater treatment is increasing, and it has been widely accepted that low energy consumption and high operating efficiencies are essential to achieve high operating benefits in wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs). In this study, characteristic parameters of equipment operation were collected and subject to statistical analysis for trend observations in combination with expert knowledge to monitor equipment operating conditions. A methodology was developed to monitor and assess operating efficiencies of industrial equipment while not interfering with the existing operation. The proposed methodology was applied to monitor the pump efficiency in a WWTP. The results showed that the new methodology resulted in real-time acquisition of statistical operating data and enabled online detection of abnormal pump operation. The energy loss to low operating efficiencies of a malfunctioning pump was prevented, thereby allowing the pump to operate at high efficiency with an extended equipment life.
Highlights
Increasing industrial development and urbanization has led to an increased demand for sewage and household wastewater treatment, which leads to an annual increase in the demand for wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs)
The proposed methodology was applied to a WWTP for the monitoring of operating
The power consumption of influent pump generally the operating conditions of the influent pump and the maintenance of good pump efficiencies can accounts for 10% to 20% of the total power consumption of a WWTP [19]
Summary
Increasing industrial development and urbanization has led to an increased demand for sewage and household wastewater treatment, which leads to an annual increase in the demand for wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs). WWTPs must rely on long-term and intensive operation of equipment to meet both industrial and domestic needs. The main function of an inlet pumping station is to pressurize the wastewater and raise it to the corresponding WWTP for following operations. When the pump fails to operate, it affects the functions of a WWTP and causes abnormality in the operation of the biological treatment system. The WWTP is a system of complex pipelines. Wastewater is collected from the sewer system or the factory pipe production line and pipelines to the wet wells of the WWTP. Wet wells located several meters below the ground are provided with multiple water pumps and their respective pipelines
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