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    Use of Biotrickling Filter Technology to Solve Odour and Safety

    Concerns at Dubai Sports City Sewage Treatment Plant


    Dr. Louis D. le Roux, BioAir Solutions, LLC, Sharjah, UAE

    Eric Tranchant, Moalajah FZC, Ajman, UAE


    OUTLINE

    • Background
    • Odour Study
    • Technology
    • Installation
    • Results
    DUBAI SPORTS CITY
    BACKGROUND
    • Collection system –
    • Gravity sewer network
    • One pumping station
    • Total Flow = 2000 m3/day
    • Tankers –
    • Nearby developments
    • Total Flow = 11,000 m3/day
    • STP –
    • Total design capacity
    • Average Flow: 25,000 m3/day
    • Peak Flow: 30,000 m3/day
    • MBR treatment process
    PROBLEM

    • Odor Complaints
    • Next to school
    • International Cricket Council
    • Nearby residents

    • Health & Safety Concerns


    • Unsafe conditions inside the building
    • H2S concentration > 50 ppmv in the room air
    Odour Sources

    • Inlet Chamber
    • Course Screens
    • Grit Removal
    • Fine Screens

    Inorganic odours
    • H2S Rotten egg
    • NH3 Urine

    Organic odours
    • CH3SH (MM) Decayed cabbage
    • (CH3)2S (DMS) Decayed vegetables
    • (CH3)2S2 (DMDS)Rotten vegetables
    ODOUR STUDY - ASSESSMENT
    H2S Measurement
    – use OdaLogs
    Fine Screen Chamber
    ODOUR STUDY - ASSESSMENT

    Organic odours – Draeger Tubes

    • Methyl Mercaptan
    • Dimethyl Sulfide
    • Dimethyl Disulfide
    SYSTEM DESIGN BASIS

    • Location of Odour Control System


    • System Design Requirements
    – Airflow
    – Odour Composition and Concentration
    – Treatment Objective
    • Treatment Technology
    SYSTEM LOCATION
    SYSTEM DESIGN BASIS
    Project Name: Dubai Sports City STP

    Headworks:
    Duct Duct
    Velocity Diam Area Current Flow Ave. H2S Airflow x H2S
    m/s cm m2 m3/hr ppmv
    Current 9 18 0.0254 823
    Design 12 18 0.0254 1097 use --> 1100 m3/hr 325 357500

    Fine Screen:
    Volume acph Airflow Airflow
    ft3 cfm m3/hr
    3600 6 360 612 use --> 600 m3/hr 224 134400

    Pump Station:
    Volume acph Airflow Airflow
    ft3 cfm m3/hr
    430 6 43 73.1 use --> 75 m3/hr 156 11700

    Calculated 1775 m3/hr 284 ppmv


    Design 1800 m3/hr 285 ppmv
    TECHNOLOGY

    Requirements -
    • Low Operating Cost
    • Low O&M
    • Consistent Performance
    • Sustainable
    • Environmentally Friendly
    TECHNOLOGY

    Carbon Adsorbers Biological Systems


    Biological/Chemical/Carbon Comparison
    Airflow = 2500 m3/hr
    $500,000.00

    $450,000.00

    $400,000.00
    PRESENT WORTH (US$)

    $350,000.00

    $300,000.00
    TEN YEAR

    EcoFilter
    $250,000.00
    Chemical
    $200,000.00
    Carbon

    $150,000.00

    $100,000.00

    $50,000.00

    $0.00
    0 20 40 60 80
    H2S [ppmv]
    TECHNOLOGY
    Selected Biotrickling Filter
    Technology -
    • Low Operating Cost
    • Low O&M
    • Remove H2S and Organic
    Odours
    • “Green” Technology
    BIOTRICKLING FILTER TECHNOLOGY
    • Engineered flow channels –
    eliminate plugging and
    provide consistent
    performance

    • High microbial density – treat


    high loadings

    • Heterotrophic Bacteria –
    Organic Odours

    • Autotrophic Bacteria –
    Inorganic Odours

    • Media Life Expectancy


    ( 15 - 20 years)
    DUBAI SPORTS
    CITY

    Unit EcoFilter EF63

    Location Headworks Building

    Application Inlet Chamber, Screens


    and Grit Removal
    Airflow Rate 1800 m3/hr

    H2S (average/peak) 285 / 960 ppmv

    System Performance > 99.99% H2S removal


    < 0.01 ppmv
    CONCLUSIONS

    • H2S in the Headworks room < 0.5 ppmv


    – Safe working environment for the Operators

    • H2S in the Biotrickling Filter discharge < 0.1


    ppmv
    – Odour complaints are a thing of the past!

    • Corrosion rate reduced


    – Maintenance cost reduced
    CONTACT INFORMATION

    Dr. Louis D. le Roux, Ph.D. Mr. Eric Tranchant


    President General Manager
    BioAir Solutions, LLC Moalajah
    PO Box 9354 Ajman
    Sharjah UAE
    UAE

    Phone: +971.50.953.0228 Phone: +971.50.806.6399


    Email: lleroux@bioairsolutions.com Email: Eric.Tranchant@moalajah.ae

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