Sewerage Treatment Plant (STP)

Upflow Anaerobic Flush Blanket Model

(UAFB )
Dr Shyam Ashtekar
SMBT Medical College Nashik
Jan 2016

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 The STP Model

C
A B

A: screening and grit removal, B: primary & secondary sedimentation,

C: sludge separation and water treatment

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 The STP plant
• The STP aims to reduce
BOD from 300+ to <30
before water is discharged
into river or farms
• The sludge is oxidized and
dried to make manure.
• Methane generated in
digestion runs the power
plant for this STP.

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 Screening for solid waste
• Sewage is 95%
water, with
human and
other waste
including plastic
bags, sanitary
pads, grit etc
• The first job is
to separate the
solid waste by
screening
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 Solid waste separated
• This is
what
should not
be thrown
into toilets
and
sewers..but
we do!

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 Grit Chamber
• Removal
of sand
grit etc.

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 Primary Sedimentation (8hrs)
• To settle
sludge (organic
solid waste)
• The blue pipes
collect
methane gas
going to power
generation

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Aeration to help bacterial oxidation of sludge

• The
aerobic
bacteria
need
air/O2 to
oxidize the
sludge

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 Secondary Sedimentation (6hrs)
• This finally
separates
sludge and
water and
bacterial
digestion is
still happening
• Sludge is taken
off to sludge
drying beds
from below.

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 Sludge drying beds
• Sludge
makes a
good
manure
for
agriculture

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 Liquid chlorine for disinfecting water before
discharge

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