Evaluation of the performance of the Tyson Foods wastewater treatment plant for nitrogen removal

In this paper, the performance of the Tyson Foods wastewater treatment plant with an average flow rate of 6500 m3/d was evaluated before and after upgrading of the treatment system for nitrogen removal. This study was also covered with an additional recommendation of BIOWIN BNR program simulation af...

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Published in:Water science and technology 2005-01, Vol.51 (11), p.159-166
Main Authors: Ubay-Cokgor, E, Randall, C W, Orhon, D
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Ammonium
Ammonium compounds
Average flow
Biochemical oxygen demand
Bioreactors
Computer Simulation
Denitrification
Discharge
Evaluation
Evaluation Studies as Topic
Flow rates
Flow velocity
Food
Food plants
Industrial Waste
Meat-Packing Industry
Mineral nutrients
Models, Theoretical
Nitrogen
Nitrogen - isolation & purification
Nitrogen removal
Nutrient removal
Oxygen demand
Oxygen requirement
Phosphorus
Removal
Software
Suspended particulate matter
Total oxygen demand
Total suspended solids
Virginia
Waste Disposal, Fluid - methods
Wastewater
Wastewater treatment
Wastewater treatment plants
Water Pollutants, Chemical - isolation & purification
Water treatment
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Summary:In this paper, the performance of the Tyson Foods wastewater treatment plant with an average flow rate of 6500 m3/d was evaluated before and after upgrading of the treatment system for nitrogen removal. This study was also covered with an additional recommendation of BIOWIN BNR program simulation after the modification period to achieve an additional nutrient removal. The results clearly show that the upgrading was very successful for improved nitrogen removal, with a 57% decrease on the total nitrogen discharge. There also were slight reductions in the discharged loads of biological oxygen demand, total suspended solids, ammonium and total phosphorus with denitrification, even though the effluent flow was higher during operation of the nitrogen removal configuration.
ISSN:0273-1223
1996-9732
DOI:10.2166/wst.2005.0402