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Regional wastewater treatment plant LINZ
21.01.2005
Structure of Linz AG
Services provided by
Linz Service GmbH
Fresh water
Waste water / sewerage system and treatment
plant
Waste management / refuse disposal all types
Habour
Public swimming pools
Funeral and cemetery
Technical Services
IWA / physical, chemical and biological water
laboratory
Business unit of waste water
1. Sewerage system
Collection and diversion of all waste water (residents,
industries and business) for the City of Linz, operation and
maintenance
2. Serwerage planning
Engineering, services for surrounding communities
3. Regional waste water treatment plant
The treatment and handling of waste water and sludge for
the City of Linz, the 39 surrounding communities and
10 large industries
4. Customer relations
Tariffs, professional advice and expertise
Waste water treatment plant
Catchment area
Linz +
39 surrounding
communities
+ 10 industries
Consisting of
Sewers 551 km
16 pumping stations
3 rain retention basins
2 CSO`s
Sewerage system
Waste water treatment plant
The plant overviews
Pictures: waste water treatment plant Asten
0 25m 50m
KULTURTECHNIK UND WASSERWIRTSCHAFT
MASCHINENBAU (VERFAHRENSTECHNIK)
A-1030 WIEN, Fasangasse 25, Tel.:+43/1/7982400-0, Fax:-55
Waste water treatment plant
Waste water treatment plant
Capacity
- Population equivalent 950.000 pe
- Hydraulic capacity:
- Dry weather flow: 2.2 m
3
/s
- Max wet weather flow: 8.8 m
3
/s
- Average annual flow: 60 Mio m
3 /
a
Mechanical biological waste water treatment technique
- Active sludge system
- carbon+nitrogen+phosphorus removal
- Anaerobic sludge digestion
- Sludge dewatering by chamber filter press
- Sludge disposal in mono-landfill
- Biogas ( landfill digester ) use in co-generation units
Waste water treatment plant
Mechanical equipment of the treatment plant
Pictures: mechanical equipments
Sludge Digestion
Digester
- 3 digester
- total volume 31.200 m
- amount of digester sludge 1.000 m/d, 3 - 3,5 % TS
- Retention time 30 d, 37 C
Gas storage/mixing tank
- volume 5.500 m
Gas produktion
- Approx. 15.000 m
3
/d, 64 % CH
4
Municipal landfill site
Biogas system
- 36 Biogas wells, ( Suction side p = - 80 -150 mbar )
- 3 blower/compressors ( max 1.800 m
3
/h )
- Gas purification plant ( out of operation )
- Volume landfill site 3.200.000 m
Gas produktion/collection
- Approx. 18.600 m
3
/d, 43 % CH
4
Power station
Co generation units
- 7 Co generation units
- Electrical power 650 kW
- Total electrical power 4.550 kW
- Average production efficiency approx. 34 %
Energy production/use summary
Energy Balance ( 2004 ):
Co-Generation of Biogases from
- sludge digestion ( 5.5 mil. m
3
/a, 64 % CH
4
)
- municipal landfill site ( 6.8 mil. m
3
/a, 45 % CH
4
)
Total Production:
- 21 GWh / a - efficiency approx: 34 %
Own consumption for waste water treatment plant:
- 14 GWh / a
Excess production, feed into public power net:
- 7 GWh / a
Heat balance
Heat ( 2004 )
- Total capacity ( heat exchanger ) approx. 25.700.000 kWh/a
- Consumption of digester approx. 10.500.000 kWh/a
- Consumption hot water approx. 200.000 kWh/a
- Consumption heating approx. 1.000.000 kWh/a
- Ratio heat used related to heat exchanger capacity 45 %
Operational problems
Siloxanes within biogases
- from landfill approx. 15 mg Si / Nm
3
- from digester approx. 3 mg Si / Nm
3
Leads to Silicium precipitation/deposits within the Co generation units
Operational problems
Operational problems
Operational problems
Measures ( Study in preparation )
- Intensive maintenance procedure
Or
- activated carbon process for gas cleaning
Costs
Over all costs ( incl. building ): 7 Cent / kWh
el
produced
from that:
Maintenance costs incl. ( Material/Personal costs ) : 2 Cent / kWh
el
produced