Methodology
Screen a characterized high-strength wastewater feed against explicit reactor criteria, treatability evidence, and declared performance. No universal loading criteria or treatment prediction is supplied.
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High-Strength Anaerobic Wastewater Treatment Designer
Screen a characterized, biodegradable high-strength industrial feed against a selected anaerobic reactor basis; treatability and post-treatment evidence remain explicit.
01 · REACTOR / CASE BASIS
Process configuration
One-unit-out reduces the declared duty train by one. Standby volume is not credited unless a separate operating scenario explicitly puts it in service.
02 · FLOW CASES
Hydraulic flow basis
Flow provenance
This provenance record is applied to the enabled named flow cases when you calculate.
03 · INFLUENT CHARACTERIZATION
Average Daily characterization
No missing constituent is treated as zero. pH does not predict alkalinity, neutralization demand, or treatment stability.
Sample and treatability provenance
04 · EXPLICIT DESIGN CRITERIA
Loading, HRT and hydraulic basis
Design-criteria provenance
When calculating, the selected criteria provenance is applied to OLR, HRT, working-volume and plan-area criteria; granular upflow applies only to UASB/EGSB.
05 · INFLUENT CHARACTERIZATION
Case-specific COD and supporting water quality
Average Daily characterization
Maximum Day characterization
Peak Hour characterization
Calculated COD load by case
| Flow / constituent | Concentration | Calculated load | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calculate to populate this result table. | |||
06 · TREATABILITY / PERFORMANCE
Explicit treatability and declared removal basis
Performance provenance
This performance provenance is copied to the named cases that contain a declared removal or effluent value.
Declared COD performance by case
| Case | Declared basis | Removed COD | Remaining liquid COD | Provenance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calculate to populate this result table. | ||||
07 · ORGANIC LOADING / REACTOR VOLUME
OLR and HRT volume basis
Separate required volumes and governing basis
| Design item | Calculated / declared value | Basis |
|---|---|---|
| Calculate to populate this result table. | ||
08 · HYDRAULIC / HRT DESIGN
UASB / EGSB hydraulics and geometry
Hydraulic and geometry checks
| Engineering item | Value | Case / provenance |
|---|---|---|
| Calculate to populate this result table. | ||
09 · CAPACITY / REDUNDANCY
All available and one-duty-unit-out cases
Reactor capacity and failure scenario
| Capacity check | Calculated value | Basis |
|---|---|---|
| Calculate to populate this result table. | ||
10 · TEMPERATURE / CHEMISTRY REVIEW
Compare observations only with declared criteria
Temperature, chemistry, and sulfate review
| Parameter / case | Observed value | Comparison status | Criterion source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calculate to populate this result table. | |||
Sulfate is displayed as a review parameter. No sulfate reduction, sulfide generation, toxicity, VFA accumulation, or acidification is predicted.
11 · BIOGAS / METHANE BASIS
Declared yield only
Declared methane / biogas results
| Basis | Value | Provenance / gas condition |
|---|---|---|
| Calculate to populate this result table. | ||
12 · RESIDUALS BASIS
Optional anaerobic sludge basis
Anaerobic sludge basis
| Identity | Dry solids | Wet sludge basis | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calculate to populate this result table. | |||
This is not PRIMARY_SLUDGE, BIOLOGICAL_WAS, SCREENINGS, or GRIT. Integrated residuals processing remains with the Wastewater Sludge & Residuals Designer.
13 · DOWNSTREAM AEROBIC HANDOFF
Manual effluent-basis package
Case-specific temperature, pH, alkalinity, ammonia-N, total N, and total P are supplied in influent characterization and pass through only when entered for this selected handoff case.
Remaining biodegradable COD provenance
Enter this basis only when the anaerobic effluent biodegradable COD was independently characterized.
ANAEROBIC_EFFLUENT_BASIS → Activated Sludge / BNRMatrix
| Handoff item | Value | Source / semantics |
|---|---|---|
| Calculate to populate this result table. | ||
Activated Sludge DesignerBNRMatrixOxyMatrixManual engineering transfer; no automatic process state is written.
14 · DETAILED RESULTS
Case-by-case calculated and declared values
Modeled flow / COD ledger
| Flow case | Total COD | Biodegradable COD | Declared removed COD | Remaining total COD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calculate to populate this result table. | ||||
Streams
ANAEROBIC_INFLUENT → ANAEROBIC_EFFLUENT_BASIS · BIOGAS_BASIS · ANAEROBIC_SLUDGE_BASISBiogas and sludge are side streams and are not serialized as downstream liquid flow. 01
Engineering Basis
Standards / Reference Basis
Assumptions
- Calculates case-based COD loads, OLR and HRT volumes, simple UASB/EGSB hydraulic checks, explicit recycle throughput, duty and one-unit-out capacity, declared COD removal, and methane/biogas only from a supplied yield and gas condition. Total COD, BOD, or their ratio does not establish anaerobic treatability. Reactor internals, toxicity, inhibition, startup, permit compliance, and aerobic downstream calculations remain outside scope.
Scope / Limitations
- Calculates case-based COD loads, OLR and HRT volumes, simple UASB/EGSB hydraulic checks, explicit recycle throughput, duty and one-unit-out capacity, declared COD removal, and methane/biogas only from a supplied yield and gas condition. Total COD, BOD, or their ratio does not establish anaerobic treatability. Reactor internals, toxicity, inhibition, startup, permit compliance, and aerobic downstream calculations remain outside scope.
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Engineering Path
Upstream Context
- Wastewater Influent Basis Screen a characterized high-strength wastewater feed against explicit reactor criteria, treatability evidence, and declared performance. No universal loading criteria or treatment prediction is supplied.
- Wastewater Preliminary Treatment Designer Screen a characterized high-strength wastewater feed against explicit reactor criteria, treatability evidence, and declared performance. No universal loading criteria or treatment prediction is supplied.
- Industrial Physicochemical Pretreatment Designer Screen a characterized high-strength wastewater feed against explicit reactor criteria, treatability evidence, and declared performance. No universal loading criteria or treatment prediction is supplied.
Current Tool Decision
- High-Strength Anaerobic Wastewater Treatment Designer Screen a characterized high-strength wastewater feed against explicit reactor criteria, treatability evidence, and declared performance. No universal loading criteria or treatment prediction is supplied.
Downstream Engineering Step
- Activated Sludge Designer Calculates case-based COD loads, OLR and HRT volumes, simple UASB/EGSB hydraulic checks, explicit recycle throughput, duty and one-unit-out capacity, declared COD removal, and methane/biogas only from a supplied yield and gas condition. Total COD, BOD, or their ratio does not establish anaerobic treatability. Reactor internals, toxicity, inhibition, startup, permit compliance, and aerobic downstream calculations remain outside scope.
- BNRMatrix Biological Nutrient Removal Calculates case-based COD loads, OLR and HRT volumes, simple UASB/EGSB hydraulic checks, explicit recycle throughput, duty and one-unit-out capacity, declared COD removal, and methane/biogas only from a supplied yield and gas condition. Total COD, BOD, or their ratio does not establish anaerobic treatability. Reactor internals, toxicity, inhibition, startup, permit compliance, and aerobic downstream calculations remain outside scope.
- OxyMatrix — Aeration & Oxygen Transfer Engineering Calculates case-based COD loads, OLR and HRT volumes, simple UASB/EGSB hydraulic checks, explicit recycle throughput, duty and one-unit-out capacity, declared COD removal, and methane/biogas only from a supplied yield and gas condition. Total COD, BOD, or their ratio does not establish anaerobic treatability. Reactor internals, toxicity, inhibition, startup, permit compliance, and aerobic downstream calculations remain outside scope.