Montag, 11. Juli 2011

Clarification plant

Today I was at a clarification plant with my class. First we got a technical introduction and then we went out and were guided through area. So we saw a  big pump at the beginning where all the sewage water was pumped up from the canalization.
There were 3 of these screw pumps ,each of them is able to pump 800l per second and has a diameter of 2 m!
Next station was the aeration basin here bacteria are added to dissolve nitrite and nitrate ,because they are bad for the environment in such a high dose
looks pretty ugly at this stage. The brown color comes from the bacteria

this one is also aeration basin with bacteria in it , but air is pumped into it at the bottom  so the bacteria  can dissolve
other organic material
In the second stage water and the bacteria-mud get seperated in round sedimentation basins.

The basins are funnel shaped so the mud falls to the bottom
and can be exhausted
Then we went to another biological clarification method , the sprinkling filter ,here the dirty water is dropped onto 4m long plastic straps which are settled by algae.

At the end there are again some round sedimentation basins.The warter that leaves the facility is to 97-99% clean.The excess bacteria mud and the incoming organic material is later on collectedin huge digester towers 
to produce methane gas.
We even saw a fish in the last sedimentatin basin

24 Kommentare:

  1. That's pretty cool. Not sure if I'll be going on field trips any time soon.

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  2. Thank you for this detailed and yet funny description. The third picture is elementary ugly :D.

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  3. you should be a very good student and also really like what you are studying. i'm sure you are gonna be great at your future job. nice post. keep it up!

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  4. I never knew someone would write a blog about this! What an interesting process.

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  5. i once almost had a job at an Clarification plant. Doesnt stink that much as i thought at the beginning

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  6. Science always can surprise you even in the smaller things. 98%-99% of clean water means if we can optimize the cost of the infrastructures, you can erradicate the thirsty or water infections in the underdeveloped countries.

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  7. wow a fish lives in that place? interesting

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  8. Fun stuff! Didn't really need to see the pictures of the disgusting water though, don't need to see that every time i drink from my tap :)

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  9. really nice photos man reallly impressive job

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  10. I dont know how fish can live there. There is one of those plants not too far away from home, but never crossed my mind visiting it. Now i know what its like :) thanks for sharing

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  11. Hey you have some interesting shit here, +following you :)

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  12. These photos seem kinda depressing.

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  13. Great post,last pictures is pretty cool..

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  14. that's very interesting. that fish reminded me of when it flooded here and there was fish in the back yard swimming around in the puddles once the water started drying up. then the fish died

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  15. I also visited one of those with my class many years ago

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  16. Thats a pretty cool process. Always interested in seeing and hearing about new things. Thanks for the cool post!

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  17. Sure didn't look 99% clean :P
    Crazy stuff, props to the people who do this on a daily basis for us.

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  18. Ahhh looks great. nice photos.

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  19. I've wanted to see this for YEARS!

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  20. Not a fan of this kind of thing. Still, nice to know you're having fun.

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