The document discusses using a vortex chamber design to address odor issues in a sewer line. Specifically:
1) A sewer line was emitting unacceptable levels of hydrogen sulfide gas, even when using chemical treatments.
2) At the start of pump cycles, expelled air was releasing odors as decaying waste created hydrogen sulfide gas.
3) The vortex chamber design aims to use the sewer water's own flow energy to suppress turbulence and trap gases, forcing air into the flow to oxidize odorous gases. Simulations show this reduces hydrogen sulfide levels and increases dissolved oxygen.
The document discusses using a vortex chamber design to address odor issues in a sewer line. Specifically:
1) A sewer line was emitting unacceptable levels of hydrogen sulfide gas, even when using chemical treatments.
2) At the start of pump cycles, expelled air was releasing odors as decaying waste created hydrogen sulfide gas.
3) The vortex chamber design aims to use the sewer water's own flow energy to suppress turbulence and trap gases, forcing air into the flow to oxidize odorous gases. Simulations show this reduces hydrogen sulfide levels and increases dissolved oxygen.
The document discusses using a vortex chamber design to address odor issues in a sewer line. Specifically:
1) A sewer line was emitting unacceptable levels of hydrogen sulfide gas, even when using chemical treatments.
2) At the start of pump cycles, expelled air was releasing odors as decaying waste created hydrogen sulfide gas.
3) The vortex chamber design aims to use the sewer water's own flow energy to suppress turbulence and trap gases, forcing air into the flow to oxidize odorous gases. Simulations show this reduces hydrogen sulfide levels and increases dissolved oxygen.
Smell even using best chemical: Chemical used for chemical treatment for odour. However, during extended period of low flows, level of hydrogen sulphide gases (H2S) emitted from the sewer line is unacceptable, reaching lethal limit in some cases (unit parts per million) Column separation in the system for the primary purpose of expelling large volue of air at the beginning of each pump cycle: At the start-up of pump cycle, air is expelled as the water columns rejoin. Water column separation occurs when the flow inside the pipe loses potential energy as it approaches equilibrium. Each time air is expelled during the start up cycle, pungent odours are released. This is the results of the decaying waste creating hydrogen sulphide gases. Low dissolved oxygen levels in the raw wastewater Vortex chamber: Use waste waters own flow energy to suppress the turbulence which releases noxious gases. The spiral flow creates a downdraft which traps airborne gases and forces air into the sewerage flow to oxidize odorous gases In one design, reduce the level of H2S from 138 ppm at inlet to 4ppm at the bottom. Dissolved oxygen goes from 0.2 ppm at the entrance to 4 ppm Flow-3D is used to simulate the behavior of multiple possible drop structure designs, minimizing the need for rework on the one physical model budgeted to be built and evaluated. Drop structures are to deliver the sewerage flow from the standard city sewerage system to the deep storage tunnel while avoiding both efficiency losses (slow down or back up) and long term structural damage that can occur if the size and shape of each section isnt carefully matched to the volume and velocity of the incoming flow. Flow-3D to model 3D, transient, turbulent flow conditions, its uniquely accurate free surface tracking algorithms and its ability to model different design geometries without changing the computational mesh for each design. Physical model can take 6 months or more. Two standard concepts: a baffle-plunge (cascading) style and a tangential vortex version, both designed to slow down and control the often 35 mph storm waters. Hand calculation plus initial CGD analyses with Flow-3D determine general structure diameter and component sizes.