{"id":2733,"date":"2015-07-23T15:58:41","date_gmt":"2015-07-23T20:58:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/schwingbioset.wpengine.com\/when-wwtp-says-no-tanks-innovative-bioset-process-fills-the-gap\/"},"modified":"2023-11-13T10:30:40","modified_gmt":"2023-11-13T16:30:40","slug":"when-wwtp-says-no-tanks-innovative-bioset-process-fills-the-gap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.schwingbioset.com\/es\/when-wwtp-says-no-tanks-innovative-bioset-process-fills-the-gap\/","title":{"rendered":"Cuando la planta de tratamiento de aguas residuales dice &quot;Sin tanques&quot;, el innovador proceso de bioconjunto llena el vac\u00edo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #02684f; font-size: 16px;\"><strong>Informe de aplicaci\u00f3n de Schwing Bioset 17, St. Petersburg, Florida<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Escrito por Larry Trojak, Trojak Communications<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10px;\"><em>Version also published in WE&amp;T Magazine,\u00a0November 2013<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 599px;\" src=\"http:\/\/cdn2.hubspot.net\/hubfs\/51084\/Pumps_Snapshot.jpg\" alt=\"Pumps_Snapshot\" width=\"599\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Wear is the unflagging enemy of every wastewater treatment plant. Plant operators can defend against it to the best of their ability; but in the end, time will win out, resulting in breakdowns and the occasional interruption in service. To cope with such occurrences, forward-thinking plants will always have a solid contingency plan in place. For the Southwest Water Reclamation Facility (WRF) serving the Water Resources Department\u2019s southwest sector (including St. Petersburg, FL), their\u00a0contingency &#8211; designed to deal with a pair of worn, aging digester tanks &#8211; involved bypassing the tanks entirely and processing biosolids through a Bioset sludge treatment process. Doing so is not only helping them avoid an operational nightmare and additional maintenance and expense, it is allowing them to improve the by-product of that biosolids operation &#8211; all at a time when costs to land-apply their \u201cstandard\u201d product have skyrocketed. Timing, it seems, really is everything.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><strong>D\u00e9cadas de desgaste<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Originalmente construida en 1955 como una instalaci\u00f3n de cuatro millones de galones por d\u00eda (mgd), la Instalaci\u00f3n de Recuperaci\u00f3n de Agua del Suroeste (WRF) fue literalmente reemplazada en el mismo lugar con una planta de 20 mgd en 1978. Es una de las cuatro que sirven al \u00e1rea metropolitana de St. \u00c1rea de San Petersburgo: Planta #1, para la secci\u00f3n sureste del \u00e1rea que incluye el centro de San Petersburgo; Planta #2, para servir a la secci\u00f3n noreste de la ciudad; Planta #3, para la secci\u00f3n noroeste del \u00e1rea y las comunidades de playa; y Planta #4, para la secci\u00f3n suroeste de San Petersburgo, as\u00ed como las ciudades incorporadas de Tierra Verde y Gulf Port. Seg\u00fan Ken Wise, operador principal de la planta de Southwest WRF, los vol\u00famenes en cada planta son pr\u00e1cticamente iguales.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLa planta #1 se llama Albert Whitted WRF y es un poco m\u00e1s peque\u00f1a ya que hay menos residentes en el centro que en otras partes de la ciudad\u201d, dice. \u201cPero cada una de las otras tres plantas son instalaciones de 20 mgd y tratan aproximadamente la misma cantidad de aguas residuales. Desde la actualizaci\u00f3n en 1978, todos hemos estado ejecutando un proceso de digesti\u00f3n anaer\u00f3bica y creando un producto de Clase B a partir de los bios\u00f3lidos. Para nosotros, ese enfoque funcion\u00f3 bien hasta que el tiempo nos alcanz\u00f3 en forma de tanques digestores muy gastados que estaban causando problemas de olores en una universidad adyacente y desarrollos residenciales en el \u00e1rea \u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Given that two of the tanks were built in 1955 with the\u00a0original plant, and the third was added with the expansion\u00a0more than 35 years ago, the wear factor is not surprising.\u00a0Wise says other plants in the area were also seeing failures\u00a0in both the covers and in their structures as a whole.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe hadn\u2019t had a failure yet, but the Water Resources\u00a0Department was spending a good deal of money on<br \/>\nupkeep with us,\u201d says Wise. \u201cUnder normal circumstances\u00a0that would have probably sufficed and bought us a few\u00a0more years. However, due to changing Florida regulations\u00a0surrounding the land application practices of the Class B\u00a0biosolids they were producing at the time, the department\u00a0started seriously looking into alternative biosolids treatment\u00a0technologies hoping to avoid repairing something that was\u00a0not only at the end of its life, but also might not be a fit for\u00a0that new effort.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><strong>Repetir el \u00e9xito<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 278px; float: right;\" src=\"http:\/\/cdn2.hubspot.net\/hubfs\/51084\/Bioset_Snapshot.jpg\" alt=\"Bioset_Snapshot\" width=\"278\" align=\"right\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To find that solution, the department looked at all possible\u00a0alternatives, an initiative that included conducting pilot\u00a0projects with various technologies at other locations in the\u00a0city. One of those, at the Whitted plant, involved installing\u00a0the Bioset Process sludge treatment system which uses\u00a0a combination of pH and heat to stabilize the biosolids,\u00a0thereby eliminating the need for digesters.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to being extremely low maintenance and\u00a0operator friendly, Wise says that it had proven quick to\u00a0implement and very successful there.\u00a0\u201cUltimately the decision was made to install another\u00a0system from Schwing Bioset here at Southwest,\u201d he says.\u00a0\u201cInstallation took place in July of last year (2012) and we\u00a0were online by August.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The installation, he adds, went smoothly, despite the fact\u00a0that the Bioset Process had to be made to fit within the\u00a0confines of an existing section of the plant rather than in a\u00a0totally new site.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Bioset crew really worked with us to maximize use of\u00a0the space we had and minimize disruption,\u201d he says. \u201cAs\u00a0a result, we probably have one of the few Bioset systems\u00a0in which the reactor is raised some ten feet off the floor to\u00a0fit with an existing opening. Now, sludge comes off the belt\u00a0presses, is mixed with quicklime and sulfamic acid, and\u00a0is pumped up into the reactor, where it spends at least 40\u00a0minutes at 135\u00b0F and achieves a pH of 12.5, before being\u00a0discharged to the trailers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The newly-stabilized sludge is kept in the trailers on-site\u00a0for 24 hours, at which point a sample is taken to ensure\u00a0the pH is still in excess of 11.5 as required by Federal\u00a0regulations. Since going online with the Bioset Process,\u00a0Wise says the pH has never been less than 12.5.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><strong>Beneficios a\u00f1adidos<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Adem\u00e1s de la eliminaci\u00f3n de pr\u00e1cticamente cualquier olor y las quejas asociadas con \u00e9l, es el producto final del proceso Bioset, ahora un bios\u00f3lido de Clase AA (el equivalente de Florida de Clase A-EQ), que es el beneficio real para Wise y su operaci\u00f3n.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEn el pasado, nuestro material de Clase B era adecuado para su uso en granjas de c\u00e9sped y pastizales, pero debido a su designaci\u00f3n tendr\u00eda que estar apartado de cualquier tipo de cultivo alimentario. Por el contrario, el producto de Clase AA que obtenemos del Proceso Bioset se puede aplicar en campos de golf, pastos, cultivos alimentarios, pr\u00e1cticamente en cualquier lugar. Adem\u00e1s, debido a un cambio reciente en las regulaciones, las otras tres plantas del \u00e1rea que a\u00fan generan el bios\u00f3lido de Clase B ahora est\u00e1n pagando $300 adicional m\u00e1s por remolque, mientras que nuestros costos se redujeron en $100 por carga. Por supuesto, al agregar la cal, los vol\u00famenes aumentaron alrededor de 10%, por lo que la cantidad de remolques que enviamos ha aumentado. Pero incluso con eso agregado a la ecuaci\u00f3n, todav\u00eda estamos ahorrando un 40 por ciento en comparaci\u00f3n con la Clase B y tenemos un producto mucho m\u00e1s utilizable \u201d, dice Wise.<\/p>\n<p>Todo el material de Clase AA generado en la planta actualmente se aplica a la tierra en un sitio dentro de una hora de la planta o se vende como fertilizante al mercado agr\u00edcola local. En comparaci\u00f3n, la Clase B anterior fue transportada a sitios a m\u00e1s de tres horas de distancia donde a menudo encontr\u00f3 un uso limitado.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><strong>Tanques para los recuerdos<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>La PTAR de San Petersburgo ha demostrado ser una especie de estudio de caso sobre c\u00f3mo lidiar mejor con un conjunto de circunstancias desafortunadas y desafiantes. Frente a un par de digestores defectuosos que iban a requerir una inversi\u00f3n significativa para reconstruir y que estaban creando problemas de olores para los residentes, negocios y estudiantes cercanos, la planta pudo resolver los problemas abandonando los tanques existentes y adoptando nuevos. tecnolog\u00eda en su funcionamiento. Esa soluci\u00f3n de Schwing Bioset se implement\u00f3 por menos dinero de lo que habr\u00eda costado el proyecto de reconstrucci\u00f3n del tanque, elimin\u00f3 el problema del olor e incluye el beneficio adicional de procesar la torta directamente en un bios\u00f3lido de Clase AA (y obtener m\u00e1s flexibilidad en la reutilizaci\u00f3n beneficiosa del producto final), lo que se traduce en ahorros netos sustanciales en todos los \u00e1mbitos.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDesde que introdujimos el sistema Bioset, las cosas definitivamente se han calmado aqu\u00ed\u201d, dijo Wise. &quot;Ha sido una gran soluci\u00f3n para nosotros&quot;. Y, al parecer, todos los problemas creados por los tanques que fallan son solo recuerdos que se desvanecen.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Para descargar el informe completo de la solicitud #17 para St. Petersburg, Florida,\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #02684f;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.schwingbioset.com\/es\/downloads\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #02684f; text-decoration: underline;\">haga clic aqu\u00ed<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Para obtener m\u00e1s informaci\u00f3n sobre Schwing Bioset, nuestros productos e ingenier\u00eda, o este proyecto espec\u00edficamente, llame al 715-247-3433, env\u00ede un correo electr\u00f3nico\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:marketing@schwingbioset.com,\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #02684f; text-decoration: underline;\">marketing@schwingbioset.com,<\/span><\/span><\/a>\u00a0ver nuestro\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #02684f;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.schwingbioset.com\/es\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #02684f; text-decoration: underline;\">sitio web<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span>, o encu\u00e9ntrenos en las redes sociales.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<a href='https:\/\/www.schwingbioset.com\/es\/downloads\/' class='small-button smallsilver' target=\"_blank\">Descargue nuestros folletos e informes de aplicaciones<\/a>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<a href='https:\/\/www.schwingbioset.com\/es\/news-subscribe\/' class='small-button smallsilver' target=\"_blank\">Subscribe to Start Receiving Schwing Bioset eNews<\/a>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3689,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[277,16,279],"tags":[212,198,245,177,179,297,188],"class_list":["post-2733","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bioset-class-a","category-news","category-pump","tag-beneficial-reuse","tag-bioset-process","tag-bioset-system","tag-class-a-biosolids","tag-class-aa-eq-biosolids","tag-fertilizer","tag-wastewater-treatment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.schwingbioset.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2733","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.schwingbioset.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.schwingbioset.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.schwingbioset.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.schwingbioset.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2733"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.schwingbioset.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2733\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.schwingbioset.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3689"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.schwingbioset.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2733"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.schwingbioset.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2733"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.schwingbioset.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}