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Design software for the application of DWA Topic "Design of wastewater treatment plants in warm and cold climates"
In the BMBF-funded EXPOPLAN project, worldwide applicable software tools for the planning of wastewater treatment plants were developed. They are provided free of charge as a web application on the Internet and in new versions of the simulation software SIMBA# (from version 4.2).
The software tools are based on the DWA Topic T4/2016 "Design of wastewater treatment plants in warm and cold climate zones", which was published for the first time in 2016 and describes internationally applicable design approaches for wastewater treatment plants. In addition, calculations of costs and CO2 equivalents were implemented in the tools to evaluate the plants. The web-based EXPOPLAN planning tool is not only open to users, but also to developers of other process modules.
Access to the web application
Free login without registration (design data is only saved on the user's local computer):
http://iservice.ifak.eu/expoplan/, User name: expo, Password: plan.
No SIMBA# knowledge is required for the application. After the login a manual with further information about structure and background is available.
Process steps implemented
The currently integrated process modules of wastewater treatment are:
- Mechanical pre-treatment
- Activated sludge stage (activated sludge tank and secondary clarification)
- Trickling filter
- Anaerobic wastewater treatment as UASB reactor
- Anaerobic, aerated and optional wastewater ponds
- Sewage lifting station (inlet or intermediate lifting station)
Sludge streams arising in each stage are collected additively and fed into the sludge treatment as a mixture. Options for this are:
- Mechanical sludge dewatering
- Anaerobic sludge tratment (digestior)
- Agricultural application
- Solar sludge drying
- Sludge mono-incineration
- Sludge co-incineration
Sponsorship by BMBF
The EXPOLPAN project was sponsored by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) (reference codes: 02WA1450A to 02WA1450C).
Contact to the project partners
ifak - Institut für Automation und Kommunikation e.V., Geschäftsfeld Wasser und Energie
(Institute of Automation and Communication, Department for Water and Energy)
Werner-Heisenberg-Str. 1, 39106 Magdeburg
www.ifak.eu
Contact person:
Dr. Jens Alex, jens.alex@ifak.eu
Leibniz Universität Hannover, Institut für Siedlungswasserwirtschaft und Abfalltechnik (ISAH)
(Institute of Environmental Engineering and Waste Technology)
Welfengarten 1, 30167 Hannover
www.isah.uni-hannover.de
Contact persons:
Dr. Maike Beier, beier@isah.uni-hannover.de
Nils Kabisch, kabisch@isah.uni-hannover.de
Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Lehrstuhl für Siedlungswasserwirtschaft und Umwelttechnik (LSU)
(Chair of Urban Water Management and Environmental Engineering)
Universitätsstr. 150, 44780 Bochum
www.siwawi.ruhr-uni-bochum.de
Contact persons:
Prof. Dr. Marc Wichern, marc.wichern@rub.de
Dr. Tito Gehring, tito.gehring@rub.de
Emscher Wassertechnik GmbH
Brunnenstr. 37, 45128 Essen
www.ewlw.de
Contact persons:
Prof. Dr. Holger Scheer, scheer@ewlw.de
Dr. Tim Fuhrmann, fuhrmann@ewlw.de
Peter Wulf, wulf@ewlw.de
