Wastewater treatment system design
Embodiments of the invention describe components to be utilized on the design, management and implementation of a wastewater treatment system. Said wastewater treatment system may include containers that, for example, may be consistent with ISO specifications for intermodal containers. In some embodiments, these containers act in concert to perform the same wastewater management function (e.g., the containers may function together as equalization basins). In other embodiments, said containers may each perform a separate function (e.g., some containers may function as an aeration tank while others container may function as a membrane basin), or may each perform a plurality of functions. Furthermore, said containers may form an independent wastewater treatment plant (WWTP), or may be utilized to augment a pre-existing WWTP (e.g., a WWTP according to the prior art).
1. A system comprising:
a plurality of wastewater treatment basins, wherein each of the plurality of wastewater treatment basins comprises a modular removable basin comprising a plurality of compartments, including:
a membrane bioreactor (MBR) compartment;
a waste activated sludge (WAS) compartment; and
a control compartment comprising circuitry to collect and transmit sensor data from the plurality of compartments of the respective basin indicating the functionality of the compartments, and circuitry to manage operation of the respective basin, including circuitry to bring the respective basin online and offline;
a wastewater system configuration controller to:
receive sensor data from each of the plurality of wastewater treatment basins;
determine a potential processing capacity of a wastewater treatment system having the plurality of wastewater treatment basins based, at least in part, on a capacity of each of the plurality of wastewater treatment basins to receive wastewater input and the received sensor data; and
determine a system configuration for the wastewater system based, at least in part, on at least one target operational parameter for the wastewater treatment system, wherein the at least one target operational parameter includes a quality level for a wastewater effluent of the wastewater treatment system, and the system configuration is to define a subset of the plurality of wastewater treatment basins to receive wastewater input;
a network interface to receive the at least one target operational parameter for the wastewater system and to transmit the system configuration for the wastewater system for the wastewater system to dynamically adjust the configuration of the wastewater treatment system during runtime of the wastewater treatment system; and
a storage device to store the received target operational parameter for the wastewater system.
2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one target operational parameter further comprises an expected wastewater influent flow of the wastewater treatment system.
3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one target operational parameter further comprises a value of the volume to be occupied by the wastewater treatment system.
4. The system of claim 1 , the wastewater system configuration module to further:
identify the remaining plurality of wastewater treatment basins as offline wastewater treatment basins.
5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of wastewater treatment basins further includes a subset of wastewater treatment basins to be operatively coupled in series.
6. The system of claim 5 , wherein each of the plurality of wastewater treatment basins in the subset of wastewater treatment basins to be operatively coupled in series is to receive approximately the same amount of wastewater input during runtime of the wastewater treatment system.
7. The system of claim 1 , wherein each of the wastewater treatment basins comprises
a container consistent with an International Organization for Standardization (ISO) specification for intermodal containers;
a basin included in the container, the basin to include a base and a plurality of side walls;
a corrosion resistant liner coupled to interior portions of each of the base and side walls of the basin;
an inlet to receive at least a portion of the wastewater input flow into the basin; and
an outlet to output wastewater treatment discharge from the basin.
8. The system of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of wastewater treatment basins further include:
a headworks processing compartment;
an aeration compartment.
9. The system of claim 1 , wherein the potential processing capacity of the wastewater treatment system comprises a potential sequencing batch reactor (SBR) processing capacity of the wastewater treatment system utilizing the MBR and WAS compartments of the plurality of wastewater treatment basins.
10. A method comprising:
providing a plurality of wastewater treatment basins, each of the plurality of wastewater treatment basins comprising a modular removable basin comprising a plurality of compartments, including:
a membrane bioreactor (MBR) compartment;
a waste activated sludge (WAS) compartment; and
a control compartment comprising circuitry to collect and transmit sensor data from the plurality of compartments of the respective basin indicating the functionality of the compartments, and circuitry to manage operation of the respective basin, including circuitry to bring the respective basin online and offline;
receiving sensor data from each of the plurality of wastewater treatment basins;
determining a potential processing capacity of a wastewater treatment system having the plurality of wastewater treatment basins based, at least in part, on a capacity of each of the plurality of wastewater treatment basins to receive wastewater input and the received sensor data;
determining a system configuration for the wastewater system based, at least in part, on at least one target operational parameter for the wastewater treatment system, wherein the at least one target operational parameter includes a quality level for a wastewater effluent of the wastewater treatment system, and the system configuration is to define a subset of the plurality of wastewater treatment basins to receive wastewater input; and
dynamically adjusting the configuration of the wastewater treatment system during runtime of the wastewater treatment system based on the determined system configuration.
11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the at least one target operational parameter further comprises an expected wastewater influent flow of the wastewater treatment system.
12. The method of claim 10 , wherein the at least one target operational parameter further comprises a value of the volume to be occupied by the wastewater treatment system.
13. The method of claim 10 , further comprising:
identifying the remaining plurality of wastewater treatment basins as offline wastewater treatment basins.
14. The method of claim 10 , wherein the plurality of wastewater treatment basins further includes a subset of wastewater treatment basins to be operatively coupled in series.
15. The method of claim 14 , wherein each of the plurality of wastewater treatment basins in the subset of wastewater treatment basins to be operatively coupled in series is to receive approximately the same amount of wastewater input during runtime of the wastewater treatment system.
16. The method of claim 10 , wherein the plurality of wastewater treatment basins further include:
a headworks processing compartment; and
an aeration compartment.
17. The method of claim 10 , wherein the potential processing capacity of the wastewater treatment system comprises a potential sequencing batch reactor (SBR) processing capacity of the wastewater treatment system utilizing the MBR and WAS compartments of the plurality of wastewater treatment basins.