Hydraulic feasibility of discharging sludge from a local WWTP to a centralized WWTP through sewage network lines

Over the recent years, due to the increase in the population covered by local wastewater treatment plants (WWTP), upgrading the existing treatment plants needs special attention more than ever. One of the suggested solutions removal the existing sludge treatment units in local WWTP and transfer the...

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Main Authors: Sohila Ghorbanpour, Mahdi Farzadkia, Majid Kermani, Roshanak Rezaei Kalantary, Hasan Pasalari
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Published: Elsevier 2023-04-01
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844023027810
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author Sohila Ghorbanpour
Mahdi Farzadkia
Majid Kermani
Roshanak Rezaei Kalantary
Hasan Pasalari
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Roshanak Rezaei Kalantary
Hasan Pasalari
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description Over the recent years, due to the increase in the population covered by local wastewater treatment plants (WWTP), upgrading the existing treatment plants needs special attention more than ever. One of the suggested solutions removal the existing sludge treatment units in local WWTP and transfer the sludge to a centralized WWTP. The present study was developed to investigate the hydraulic feasibility of sludge transfer from Shahrak-e-GharbWWTP as a local treatment plant to South Tehran sewage treatment plant in Tehran. To this end, at first, a map containing descriptive information and hydraulic characteristics related to the sewage transmission network between local and centralized WWTP was collected from the sewage company. This information was used to calculate the maximum capacity, current flow and draw the hydraulic profile of the sewage transmission line. Then, the transmission line profile was drawn using Manning's hydraulic model and SewerCAD v10.01 software. According to the obtained results, areas 1 and 3 with sewage line diameters of 1000 and 1400 mm did not have any special problem in terms of entering the sludge. Hydraulic analyzes showed that some lines in areas 2, 4, 5, and 6 suffered setbacks and crises after the increase of sludge, which require auxiliary lines. The results indicated that more than 85% of the sewage network lines have the ability to transfer the excess sludge of the local treatment plant, however, in 36 lines, mostly located in zones 2 and 6, with a diameter of 1200 and 2000 mm, there is a crisis of sewage filling and backflow. Therefore, in order to reduce hydraulic stresses in these lines, it was suggested to build an auxiliary line (bypass ring at the beginning and end of these lines).
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spelling doaj.art-3c88c193c5ff4978b499279f28df4ca52023-04-29T14:57:09ZengElsevierHeliyon2405-84402023-04-0194e15574Hydraulic feasibility of discharging sludge from a local WWTP to a centralized WWTP through sewage network linesSohila Ghorbanpour0Mahdi Farzadkia1Majid Kermani2Roshanak Rezaei Kalantary3Hasan Pasalari4Research Center For Environmental Health Technology, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR IranResearch Center For Environmental Health Technology, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran; Corresponding author. Research Center forEnvironmentalHealth Technology, Iran University ofMedical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. ;Research Center For Environmental Health Technology, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR IranResearch Center For Environmental Health Technology, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR IranResearch Center For Environmental Health Technology, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR IranOver the recent years, due to the increase in the population covered by local wastewater treatment plants (WWTP), upgrading the existing treatment plants needs special attention more than ever. One of the suggested solutions removal the existing sludge treatment units in local WWTP and transfer the sludge to a centralized WWTP. The present study was developed to investigate the hydraulic feasibility of sludge transfer from Shahrak-e-GharbWWTP as a local treatment plant to South Tehran sewage treatment plant in Tehran. To this end, at first, a map containing descriptive information and hydraulic characteristics related to the sewage transmission network between local and centralized WWTP was collected from the sewage company. This information was used to calculate the maximum capacity, current flow and draw the hydraulic profile of the sewage transmission line. Then, the transmission line profile was drawn using Manning's hydraulic model and SewerCAD v10.01 software. According to the obtained results, areas 1 and 3 with sewage line diameters of 1000 and 1400 mm did not have any special problem in terms of entering the sludge. Hydraulic analyzes showed that some lines in areas 2, 4, 5, and 6 suffered setbacks and crises after the increase of sludge, which require auxiliary lines. The results indicated that more than 85% of the sewage network lines have the ability to transfer the excess sludge of the local treatment plant, however, in 36 lines, mostly located in zones 2 and 6, with a diameter of 1200 and 2000 mm, there is a crisis of sewage filling and backflow. Therefore, in order to reduce hydraulic stresses in these lines, it was suggested to build an auxiliary line (bypass ring at the beginning and end of these lines).http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844023027810HydraulicsSludgeSewage networkSludge transfer
spellingShingle Sohila Ghorbanpour
Mahdi Farzadkia
Majid Kermani
Roshanak Rezaei Kalantary
Hasan Pasalari
Hydraulic feasibility of discharging sludge from a local WWTP to a centralized WWTP through sewage network lines
Heliyon
Hydraulics
Sludge
Sewage network
Sludge transfer
title Hydraulic feasibility of discharging sludge from a local WWTP to a centralized WWTP through sewage network lines
title_full Hydraulic feasibility of discharging sludge from a local WWTP to a centralized WWTP through sewage network lines
title_fullStr Hydraulic feasibility of discharging sludge from a local WWTP to a centralized WWTP through sewage network lines
title_full_unstemmed Hydraulic feasibility of discharging sludge from a local WWTP to a centralized WWTP through sewage network lines
title_short Hydraulic feasibility of discharging sludge from a local WWTP to a centralized WWTP through sewage network lines
title_sort hydraulic feasibility of discharging sludge from a local wwtp to a centralized wwtp through sewage network lines
topic Hydraulics
Sludge
Sewage network
Sludge transfer
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844023027810
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