Operational assessment of biological wastewater treatment using advanced return-mass reactors based on principal component cluster analysis

Abstract

Abstract In this study, field results data were conducted, implemented in 64 biofilm reactors to analyses extract organic matter nutrients from wastewater through a laboratory level nutrient removal process, biofilm layer moving process using anaerobic aerobic units. The kinetic layer biofilm reactors were continuously operating in Turbo 4BIO for BOD COD with nitrogen phosphorous. The Barakia plant is designed to serve 200,000 resident works on biological treatment through merge two process (activated sludge process, moving bed bio reactio MBBR) with an average wastewater flow of 50,000 m3/day the data were collected annually from 2017-2020. The water samples were analysis in the central laboratory of the wastewater treatment plant in Barakia region by the Directorate Sanitation in Najaf is influential, wastewater at the treatment plant for Al-Bio-shaft saw major water quality parameters. The data was analysis of using a principal component approach a cluster study of the return-mass reactors. The results showed that the biological oxygen dem (BOD5, 126 mg / L), chemical oxygen dem (COD, 222 mg/L), total solids, total suspended solids (TSS, 223 mg/L) a pH of 7.6 over a period of 4years, also the optimum removal rate was 89 %of the BOD, under optimum conditions, 78 % of the chemical oxygen occurred in the air reactor by nitrification with an average ammonium removal yield of 67 %. The cluster analysis results showed that the years (2018, 2017, 2020) are a good level of treatment compared to 2020. The final effluent quality (an average value of three years) complies with the stringent regulations proposed by the Iraqi National Stards established by Regulation 25 of 1967 BOD / COD ratio were calculated Influence is 0.63 in total wastewater.