Product Number: LXZ519
Do you want to stabilize your effluent ammonium and save energy at the same time?
Numerous factors affect nitrification in plug flow basins and step-feed (cascade) plants: temperature, alkalinity, dissolved oxygen concentration, hydraulic retention time, amount of nitrifying bacteria in the MLSS, TSS and NH4-N. To maximize the efficiency of this process, you could install expensive blowers and diffusers, but without insight into each parameter—particularly oxygen transfer efficiency—there’s no guarantee that high-capital improvements will provide a return on investment.
For a considerably smaller expense, deploy instrumentation to monitor treatment status and operating conditions, then pair it with software that helps manage DO using variable setpoints. Did you know that oxygen transfer efficiency actually drops as the actual DO increases toward saturation? That means that, at times, the same amount of oxygen can be transferred in your MLSS at a lower airflow with a lower DO. Hach’s RTC-N Software calculates and adjusts DO concentration in response to your plant’s real-time ammonium load and your desired effluent ammonium setpoint. In tandem with your existing blowers, RTC-N delivers ideal dissolved oxygen levels for each of the ASP aerated zones as the ammonium load travels along the lanes, concentrating air to the zones of greatest need and using energy only when required to keep levels within range.
Claros Process Management solutions for nitrification/denitrification like RTC-N are designed to make the most of your plant’s real-world conditions by transforming every uncertainty into an opportunity for measurement, responsive action, and savings.
Consistent compliance security is made possible by a load-based O₂ setpoint adjustment.
Lower O₂ recirculation also results in better compliance on total nitrogen.
Not only does RTC-N enable targeted delivery to areas of highest requirement, it also helps nitrification processes take place at a lower DO concentration compared to fixed O₂ control. In addition, DO is recovered as a result of improved denitrification efficiency.
RTC-N is a customizable solution that upgrades the capabilities of your existing treatment basins and provides results not typically observed on ASPs.
Use RTC-N’s reporting features to document NH4-N removal rates.
In the event that input signals for NH₄-N, NO₃-N or TSS are unavailable, RTC-N automatically will automatically switch to a user-specified fallback strategy in order to protect compliance.
