Rueting, Steffen

Steffen graduated as MSc Environmental Engineering with focus on drinking water and waste water treatment. Since 2017 Steffen works with Xylem as a...

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Steffen graduated as MSc Environmental Engineering with focus on drinking water and waste water treatment. Since 2017 Steffen works with Xylem as a Senior Process Engineer for potable and agricultural water reuse & Advanced Oxidation Processes. He is responsible for customer process consulting, system designs, AOP-related research and product improvements. Steffen focuses on municipal drinking and waste water treatment applications.

Rueting, Steffen

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Design and Operation of Ozone/BAC for Water Reuse - Experiences from Europe and USA

Abstract

Ozone is well known as an effective disinfectant and oxidant and has been operated for drinking water treatment in combination with biofiltration or biologically active carbon filtration for more than 50 years. Its versatility makes ozone/BAC a powerful tool for non-potable and potable water reuse applications. It is frequently applied as major barrier for pathogens and chemicals in carbon-based indirect potable reuse projects, especially for inland applications with limited options for sustainable management of reverse osmosis concentrates. In addition, most recent regulation for California includes ozone/BAC as an important barrier for control of chemicals in direct potable reuse (DPR) projects. In Europe, pilot- and full scale ozonation systems are currently installed in several countries with the aim to mitigate the discharge of chemicals of emerging concern (CECs) into receiving surface waters. Recent regulatory changes are expected to accelerate the implementation within the European Union: In October 2022, the European Commission published a draft of the amended Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive, which for the first time includes requirements for mitigation of organic micropollutants. In addition, EU has defined minimum requirements for agricultural water reuse that came into force on 26th June 2023 and provoked pilot studies testing ozone/BAC also for water reuse applications. This presentation will discuss experiences with ozone/BAF design and operation in Europe and the US, identify key parameters for design and process control, and outline potential concepts for future design. Ozone/BAC for water reuse in the US is designed for simultaneous removal of chemicals and pathogens, often applying ozone to TOC ratios >1 g O3/g TOC. Efficient disinfection (> 6 log inactivation) was confirmed in various spiking tests with bacteriophages at pilot scale. In contrast, ozonation of secondary effluents is designed for CEC removal and recent applications often apply ozone/TOC ratios as low as 0.3 g O3/g TOC. However, even at higher doses around 1 g O3/g TOC only limited inactivation of abundant indicator bacteria was observed in different studies, which often results in the conclusion that disinfection of wastewater by ozone is not effective. While ozone alone is effective for the removal of many contaminants, its combination with post-treatment in BAC filters is typically recommended to remove easy biodegradable oxidation by-products generated during ozonation and thereby lower effluent TOC and adverse effects in downstream processes. Besides, adsorption in BAC filters may serve as additional barrier for CECs if the carbon is regenerated on a regular basis. In our presentation, we will highlight similarities and differences in process design, control and operation in the US and in Europe, discuss potential reasons for deviating results, and outline solutions for an optimized design of ozone-BAC including effective removal of CECs and pathogens as well as the control of by-product formation. The presented results are based on own research (pilot and full-scale studies in Europe and the US) and literature studies including previous work for the WRF project 4832.

Ozone/BAC has been demonstrated as cost-effective and highly flexible treatment solution for (indirect) potable reuse. Based on experiences from Europe it can be expected that design ozone doses after pilot testing for removal of indicator compounds will be substantially lower than defined minimum dose of 1.0 g O3/g TOC without testing. Ozonation systems for potable reuse should not only be designed and sized for chemical removal but also address effective pathogen inactivation.

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08:30:00

08:50:00

Session time

08:30:00

10:00:00

SessionOptimizing IPR/DPR Projects: Harnessing the Power of Ozone

Session number515

Session locationRoom 235

TopicDisinfection and Public Health, Intermediate Level, Microconstituents and Contaminants of Emerging Concern (Non-PFAS), Water Reuse and Reclamation

Author(s)

H|bner, Uwe, Ried, Achim, Rueting, Steffen, Akyon, Benay, Franz, Thomas

Author(s)U. Hübner1, A.R. Ried2, S. Rueting3, B. Akyon4, T. Franz2

Author affiliation(s)1Xylem Services, 2Xylem, 3Xylem Services GmbH, 4Xylem, PA

SourceProceedings of the Water Environment Federation

Document typeConference Paper

PublisherWater Environment Federation

Print publication date Oct 2024

DOI10.2175/193864718825159685

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Content sourceWEFTEC

Word count15

Description: Realization of a Digital Twin of an Operating 2.200 m3/h O3/H2O2 and UV/H2O2...

Realization of a Digital Twin of an Operating 2.200 m3/h O3/H2O2 and UV/H2O2 Advanced Surface Water Treatment Plant

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SUMMARY A digital twin of a 2.200 m3/h advanced surface water treatment installation including O3/H2O2 and UV/H2O2 AOP has been developed. This mechanistic virtual model mirrors the actual plant and allows running scenarios for the most economical way of micro pollutant reduction while minimizing bromate formation. The model was set up based on years of on-site research and piloting from the water supplier Dunea and water treatment solution provider Xylem for that specific water source. The advanced modelling company AM-Team then created and calibrated a Sumo-based mechanistic model on the pilot results with further validation based on the installed 2.200 m3/h full-scale plant. The digital twin allows Dunea to quickly and safely simulate the operation of the physical plant with changes in water quality and plant control. INTRODUCTION Dunea supplies about 1,3 million people in The Netherlands' capital The Hague and the surrounding regions with ca. 9.000 m3/h of drinking water. For 2.200 m3/h of the total supply, Dunea decided to go even beyond the ambitious goal of realizing a full advanced O3/H2O2 and UV/H2O2 treatment in bromide-rich surface water with up to 80% reduction of micro pollutants. After the installation of the full-scale advanced treatment plant in 2018 including a 3.5 kg/h ozone generator and two duty LPHO UV-reactors (285 kW in total) (both technologies supplied by Wedeco, a Xylem brand), AM-Team was contracted to realize a digital model of the installation, including the complex chemical reactions of O3/H2O2 and downstream UV/H2O2 Advanced Oxidation Processes. METHODS General Both the O3/H2O2 and the UV/H2O2 model are composed of core models and model extensions. The core model parts focus on consumption and production rates of oxidative species and predict OH production and consumption rates, O3 transfer and consumption rate (for O3 process only), H2O2 consumption rates and UV254 decrease. The model extensions relate to bromate formation (only when O3 is involved) and Trace Organic Contaminant (TrOC) removal. The basic model AMOZONE The AMOZONE model is a detailed mechanistic kinetic model for the prediction of TrOCs removal and BrO3 formation including many chemical reactions derived from years of experience and sound literature. Some inputs are needed to feed the model which solves the partial differential equations. Figure 1: General AMOZONE model structure Calibration and validation O3/H2O2 The AMOZONE model calibration and validation for the O3/H2O2 process occurred on the pilot installation reproducing the experiments in steady state conditions. Validation was then extended on the full-scale plant data to reproduce specific experimental tests. Given a known O3 dose for the specific experiment, the first step consisted in the calibration of the O3 consumption by the organic matter present in the water matrix. The second step consisted in the calibration of the net HO

* production (net of the scavenging). The last step was to verify the production of bromate. The resulting calibrated model was validated against additional data coming from the pilot experiments and external O3/H2O2 projects. UV/H2O2 Maintaining the O3/H2O2 parameters, the UV/H2O2 model was then calibrated on the experimental data coming from the pilot installation and on the full-scale installation. In this phase the only calibrated parameter was the constant to convert the UV dose used onsite (J/m2) into the UV light intensity needed in the model (Ein/m3/d). The model results were validated with the data from the operation of the full-scale plant. CONCLUSIONS The AMOZONE model was calibrated and extensively validated for both the pilot and the full-scale installations using a large set of experimental data provided by Dunea. Already at the preliminary calibration stage was observed a good performance of the model as compared to the experimental results, which resulted in minor changes of the parameters values at the calibration. The O3/H2O2 reactions were improved in parallel projects and included in the present work. These model improvements allowed to exactly reproduce the reduced overall exposure to O3, at increased H2O2 dose and its effect on all TrOCs and bromate. The UV/H2O2 reactions were implemented and a dedicated UV process unit was developed in Sumo. The modelled removal aligned with the experimental data catching the differences among the TrOCs in terms of relative removal. Both the O3 AOP and the serial AOPs performances were correctly reproduced confirming the solidity of the mechanistic model behind. A final validation of the full-scale plant model was performed using a time series of almost 4 years. During this time, different UV, H2O2, and O3 dosage strategies were tested measuring bromate regularly and also often TrOCs removal. The dynamic influent characteristics from the online sensors and lab analysis, and the operational settings (i.e. UV, H2O2, and O3 dosages) were given as input to the model. This allowed to perform an accurate dynamic prediction of bromate measurements during the whole period, including TrOCs relative removal. With the calibrated and extensively validated full-scale model, it was possible to run dynamic What-if scenarios to test the effect of different dosage strategies during the whole period.

A digital twin of a 2.200 m3/h advanced surface water treatment installation including O3/H2O2 and UV/H2O2 AOP has been developed. This mechanistic model mirrors the actual plant and allows running scenarios for the most economical way of micro pollutant reduction while minimizing bromate formation. The model, developed by AM-Team, was set up based on years of on-site research and piloting from the water supplier Dunea and water treatment solution provider Xylem.

SpeakerRueting, Steffen

Presentation time

11:30:00

11:50:00

Session time

10:30:00

12:00:00

SessionSynergizing Digital Solutions and Ozonation for Treatment of Micropollutants

Session number524

Session locationRoom 243

TopicAdvanced Level, Disinfection and Public Health, Microconstituents and Contaminants of Emerging Concern (Non-PFAS), Research and Innovation, Water Reuse and Reclamation

Author(s)

R|ting, Steffen, Bellandi, Giacomo, Pieterse, Brent, H|bner, Uwe, Franz, Thomas

Author(s)S. Rüting1, G. Bellandi2, B. Pieterse3, U. Hübner1, T. Franz4

Author affiliation(s)1Xylem Services GmbH, 2AM-Team, FI, 3Dunea N.V., 4Xylem

SourceProceedings of the Water Environment Federation

Document typeConference Paper

PublisherWater Environment Federation

Print publication date Oct 2024

DOI10.2175/193864718825159530

Volume / Issue

Content sourceWEFTEC

Word count19

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