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Cyrous Gilani, P.E. (City of Los Angeles)Kenneth R. Redd, P.E. (City of Los Angeles)Michael J. Sarullo, P.E. (City of Los Angeles)
R. Tim Haug, Ph.D., P.E., (City of Los Angeles)
A Side-By-Side Test of 4 Different Types of Media in Bio-trickling Filters
@Hyperion Treatment Plant
City of Los AngelesDept. of Public WorksBureau of Engineering
Environmental Engineering Division
WEF/A&WMA ODORS AND AIR POLLUTANTS 2010Charlotte, North CarolinaMarch 2010
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• The City is building 2 Air Treatment Facilities (ATFs) along the path of two large diameter interceptor sewers.
• The ATFs involve Bio-trickling filter technology as the primary air treatment stage followed by carbon adsorption as the polishing stage.
• In an effort to improve the BTF performance, a new media manufactured by Taiwan based Matala Water Technology was identified and tested at the Hyperion Plant.
• Through a joint effort between Daniel Mechanical Company and City of Los Angeles, a test unit consisting of 4 identical reactor vessels was designed and manufactured to test different types of media under the same condition (a side-by-side comparison test).
• Installation was completed and testing began June of 2009.
Project Background
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4-Vessels Test unit Fabricated ByDaniel Mechanical Company
• 3’ Diameter, 10’ high• One level media, 3’ high• 2’ Sump at the bottom of
each unit• Re-cycled Irrigation
supplemented with nutrient
• Continuous Irrigation• Continuous make-up
water and nutrient
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4-Vessels Test UnitBy Daniel Mechanical @ HTP
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4-Vessels Test UnitTop View
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4-Vessels Test UnitBy Daniel Mechanical @ HTP
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Recirculation and Nutrient System
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Make-Up Water and Drain Systems
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Foul Air Supplied to Each Unit Through one Manifold System
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Separate Nutrient Tank for Each Unit
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Selected Media
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Selected Media
Matala SM 365 Zander Media
Lava Rock Media Virgin Carbon
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Spray Pattern Adjustment
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H2S Removal Efficiency (Matala)Start-Up
Four Vessel Bio-Trickling Filter Test Using Matala Media
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H2S Removal Efficiency (Zander)Start-Up
Four Vessel Bio-Trickling Filter Test Using Zander Media
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H2S Removal Efficiency (Lava Rock)Start-Up
Four Vessel Bio-Trickling Filter Test Using Lava Rock
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H2S Removal Efficiency (Matala)2nd Start-Up
Four Vessel Bio-Trickling Filter Test Using Matala Media
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H2S Removal Efficiency (Zander)2nd Start-Up
Four Vessel Bio-Trickling Filter Test Using Zander Media
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H2S Removal Efficiency (Lava Rock)2nd Start-Up
Four Vessel Bio-Trickling Filter Test Using Lava Rock
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Odor Removal All Media
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% Odor Removal All Media
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H2S Removal All Media on the Odor Test Event
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% H2S Removed All Media on the Odor Test Event
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H2S Mass Loading, 15 Sec EBRT, Matala
H2S Mass Loading w/15 s Residence TimeMatala Media
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H2S Mass Loading, 15 Sec EBRT, Zander
H2S Mass Loading w/15 s Residence TimeZander Media
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H2S Mass Loading, 15 Sec EBRT, Lava Rock
H2S Mass Loading w/15 s Residence Time
Lava Rock Media
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• Effective and consistent H2S removal on all three media.
• The vessel containing the lava rock performed well during the 1st start-up. However, during the 2nd start-up, its performance dropped.
• The pH of the vessel containing lava rock was measured to be approximately 2.5 for the duration of this test. Numerous attempts were made to lower the pH by reducing the make-up water. Lowering the rate of the make-up water did not affect the pH.
• Matala and Zander both demonstrated excellent performance in terms of H2S removal.
• Although all three media effectively removed H2S, significant amounts of odors attributed to
other odor causing compounds, remained in the outlet air stream of each vessel.
• Inlet odor measurements ranged from 10,000 to 50,000 odor units, while outlet odor measurements for all three media ranged from 2,500 to 5,000 odor units.
• There was no direct correlation between remaining odors and H2S levels in the outlet air
stream, indicating that the majority of remaining odors were not caused by H2S.
Summary of Performance
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NCOS ATF SiteUnder Construction
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NCOS ATF SiteUnder Construction
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ECIS ATF SiteUnder Construction
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ECIS ATF SiteUnder Construction
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WEF/A&WMA ODORS AND AIR POLLUTANTS 2010Charlotte, North Carolina
March 2010
City of Los AngelesDept. of Public WorksBureau of Engineering
Environmental Engineering Division
QUESTIONS