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by John Curnow
In Part I, we got to look at some of the details about the European Sailboat of the Year, the new Beneteau Oceanis 45. Now, in Part II, we get to meet her owner and find out if this new vessel was the match for his family's requirements.
That chine very visible as Champagne glides along Pittwater. - Oceanis 45
Champagne, the vessel, is owned by Chris Barlow and his previously non-sailing wife, Ren. Chris is very gracious, humorous, helpful and genuinely interested in his sailing. He's also smart, for he very wisely gave Ren the naming rights to their new craft. He's been a member at his local yacht club for five years and found that now was the time to get themselves a new craft, as the kids have all got to the right age. 'We'd been looking at a couple of older 43's and then we saw this one.
'A wonderful experience in its entirety. I've always wanted to own a Beneteau and honestly, never thought the experience of buying one and getting to know it would be such a joy! Really, it has been so good, that I just want to go ahead and buy another one. If only you could get that experience with other significant acquisitions in your life, like the car or house. It's been everything you expect and more. In terms of investment and expectation is it an over and above experience', said a thoroughly delighted Chris.
'We had a look at this very vessel in February and then worked the out the deal from there. It really suits our family, as we have four kids, aged from five years to 18. As you can imagine, we needed a bit of size to accommodate them all and we comfortably fit in, with the larger aft cabins being good for all the gang. The day head is plenty large enough and with 570 litres on board, we can even arrange showers', said Chris of the amenities.
'Champagne performs a lot better than its Oceanis predecessors and accelerates a lot quicker too, which makes it a great all round package', commented Chris. During our test sail it was a flukey day, offering 60-degree shifts and velocity changes anywhere from 2 to 12 knots.
'It seems like Beneteau took the Oceanis 58 and then kept most of the areas proportionally the same with the new 45. The cockpit is an integral component of any vessel such as this, and the table is the right size and the seating not all together that much smaller. It's a clear and simple operation of the rear door and it is really good for kids with access and swimming, as well as very handy for MOB, which we have proven time and time again during our drills. As you are coming around, it can be coming down, so that when you get there, you're all set to go and retrieve them, without the need for a halyard.'
'Our first coastal trip was terrific. We had all sorts of weather and up to 30 knots of breeze, which we managed to turn into 14 knots of boat speed, with 3.5m seas about as large as it got', said Chris of the first leg of their journey towards Hamilton Island. The distinctive targa bar has certainly helped the sheeting angle for the main and with the canting blocks, there is no need for traveller. However, some grab handles for getting past may be good and they could also double up as steps to get on top to access the boom and boom bag. This would be very handy, indeed.
'I do most of the sailing myself when it's the family out on a Sunday afternoon. Others get involved, but often I do the tacks with the autohelm taking care of the rudder the rudder and me doing the sheets. It is really great and easy from that perspective. We have surprised a few souls when the crew's on board and we're doing some racing around the sticks, but she does need a bit of squirt to be happiest, otherwise the smaller craft are getting away. Anywhere up from 10 knots and we get going, however', said a proud Chris.
'I sailed dinghies with Dad when I was young, then had a Columbia 27 for years, which was good for getting to know the local waters and all the necessary items. We then had a hiatus from sailing, whilst the kids all came along. For the last two years we've been looking to get into something of our own and with the way the dollar was at the time, this vessel was very attractive.
'The new Oceanis style craft sail very differently to the old ones and with this new Oceanis 45, we felt we were making no compromises. It may have 25% more expensive than an Oceanis 43, but it was all value from our point of view. You know, Ren was quick to go for this craft, whereas I think I would have had to a bit of sales job to get the 43 over the line. Certainly this craft has made it really easy to get the family back in to boating and they love being involved.
'From my wife's point of view, this particular vessel was the way to go and she chose the name as a way of making her mark. She will be making her first trip in open water when she joins us to take the boat on our next leg,' Chris explained.
'Now when is it ever not time for some Champagne Sailing, you could ask? Yes it does happen. Sometimes you have to go far, or endure some heinous conditions, but it is there. Well, with the Oceanis 45, you wont have to either look too far or put yourself through an onerous process.
Other features:
'Now a lot of the lazarette space is not immediately visible for the terrific new transom door/ swim platform that traverses nearly the whole stern. It works well from the push button controls on the port helm and an optional remote would be cool for when you get back to the boat after being at lunch.
'Equally, the standard Simrad displays are good enough for the task too. If you really want, you can plug and play the new B&G colour head units, but that's up to you. The chartplotter not only swivels, but also displays a delightful myriad of information from all the necessary goodies to what's up on your iPod and that is awesome news.'


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Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Audio Styles
Up until recently, the only audiobooks I had ever listened to (that I can remember) were single-voiced. One person narrated all characters, with varying success. Some narrators chose to differentiate each character's voice drastically, while others changed their voice only slightly, if at all. I honestly didn't even know that audiobooks existed where each character was voiced by a different person until a few months ago. My first experience with a fully-voiced audiobook was Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials, which I'll be reviewing later today.
Even more recently, I've ventured into listening to books narrated by multiple characters - and thus voiced by different narrators. Make sense? What I'm referring to is Edith Pattou's East, which shifts perspective from character to character with each chapter. It's an interesting way of writing a book and a really interesting way of listening to it. Each character speaks within the other characters' sections, so the listener hears how each character interprets the other. This is the kind of insight into characters that is really unique to audiobooks - it's impossible to understand from a print book that a daughter hears her father's voice as gentle while a son may hear it in harsher tones (unless of course it's spelled out for you in the text).
I don't think I really have a preference when it comes to one vs. multiple voices, provided the narration is expressive and paints a picture in my mind. What I do prefer, however, is for the audiobook to be - by and large - free of sound effects. Music to divide chapters is generally okay, but anything beyond that is just excessive (and so cheesy it makes me cringe). Audiobooks should be a faithful presentation of the text, and added noise of thunderstorms or horse's hooves is inauthentic to the story the author has written. (Of course, there's an exception to every rule, and I have to say that Feed used sound effects in a really effective way.)
I haven't listened to enough audiobooks to have a clear preference on what style I prefer, quite frankly. I had the opportunity to meet a producer and a couple of readers from the Full Cast company, and I loved getting an insider's look at how these books are put together. The example they showed us was from Lisa Mantchev's Eyes Like Stars, and while I haven't been able to pick it up to listen to yet, I was impressed with how much like reader's theater it was. For a book about life in the theater, I would think it essential to employ a full cast.
I got a real kick out of the use of multiple narrators for Stockett's The Help. Three narrators take turns as the main characters, and a fourth narrator is introduced during a couple of pivotal, non-charactered scenes. I thought for this book, it was necessary to use the different voices, as the women were of different ages and races, something that would never have worked as a single reader. Despite loving the production, I still found some of the choices didn't work for me.
What I get a kick out of, though, are partially-voiced audiobooks. I love when one reader provides the voices for a few of the main characters in a story -- but only if the book is told from the first person perspective. If a story is told through the eyes of one character, using just one reader seems to fit better, and by partially voicing it, we are able to get a true insight into the main character. We know, for example, that the main character thinks he has a whiny-sounding sister or that the mom always sounds regal. The Art of Racing in the Rain, told partially voiced from the dog's perspective, worked well for me, too.
I guess for me the preference falls to the story itself. Does it lend itself to a full cast better than a single narrator? Does it require drastically different sounding readers for the different parts? These are the things I think about when listening and that ultimately helps decide whether the book's been successful to me as a listener.
Do you have a preference? We'd like to hear! Share your thoughts below.
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I think multiple narrators can work very well for some books. Other times it can be annoying, especially if one reader is much better than the other(s).ReplyDelete
I enjoyed Pullman's books on audio,too.
I definitely agree that it depends on the story, and it depends on the narrator(s) as well, as to how well they can pull off the narration by themselves or in a group.ReplyDelete
I've listened to two audiobook that had multiple narrators. One was easy to follow as it was boy/girl. The other one was multiple characters and until I learned the voices I had no idea who was talking. Thankfully, I had the print book and could figure it out easily.ReplyDelete
Recently listened to Graceling by Kristen Cashore, it was a full cast production. I thought it worked really well.ReplyDelete
So far, I haven't listened to any audiobooks that are voiced by more than one person. I'd like to try it, though, to see how it works for me!ReplyDelete


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Discussion in 'New York Red Bulls' started by kokoplus10, Mar 16, 2014.
Defense played better last week, but still no sustained offensive threat. Gotta do better.
On paper Fire look like one of the worst teams in the league this year, especially if Magee is out again, we should win this
Nyarko picked up a red card against Portland as well so we won't have to deal with his pace down the left side.
Eckersley and Convey should not even make the bench on this squad. Petke is really struggling at the start of this campaign. This is how we need to line up
You didn't think Eckersley redeemed himself at all against Colorado? I thought he played well, got into the attacking half of the field a decent amount and didn't make any mistakes defensively.
Agree with the rest of the line up though, with how poorly our central midfield play has been these past two games its time to move Peguy back in there.
no i dont think he did. seemed like petke benched Steele for his terrible opening day performance but ecks got off scott free.
I was at game, there were at least 6 times when Titi or BWP made a run off the back shoulder waving at ecks and he just kind of stared and then passed the ball back to armando...i dont see what he brings defensively or offensively
Fair enough, but the other question would be whether Kimura would provide anything better. Granted I've never been much of a fan of his so maybe I'm being biased, but I don't recall a single game where Kimura brought any more attacking ability than Eckersley did this past weekend.
Eckersley has played all of two competitive games with the team so far, I'm willing to chalk some of his hesitation going forward to settling in. If in a few weeks he's still failing to link up with the guys in front of him, then sure lets give Kos another shot.
I sort of shrugged my shoulders when we picked up Eck. He's okay and it seems like we got him on the cheap, but I really wanted RB to go out and get a difference maker at outside back.
Convey? Was not a big fan of that move at all because of all the baggage that's followed him his entire career, but I also can't deny that it's a good depth addition. However, other than that I'm not sure he's much better than Miller at LB these days. He also seemed pretty uninspired in the home opener at LM. Kept tucking inside like a 3rd CM which frustrated me a little.
I think Peggy back to CM is worth a look for this next one. I'm very "meh" about the rest of the lineup choices. A few are a no brainer (Olave, Robles, Henry, Sam) but outside of that I don't think anyone has stood out. Very flat uninspired soccer.
uninspired for sure but lacking direction could be the issue. we were cruising at the end of the season...the SS game was greatest i have been to at RBA.
Petke became a tinkerer after that match for some reason.
Players need to know what their role on the pitch is.
110% right!!!!!
Well this time maybe Cahill will been playing....."???"
OK, no body want to take the bite....So, let me tell you what.... I see Cahill on the roster list and even so him on the field too, but I never see him touch the ball, sorry, yes one time the ball hit him because he was standing between Bradley and some body else who he want to give the pass, but 99% of th game he was invisible, like was MacCarty that is a very rare happing, but he was a poor player all game long.......... And that is why we loose and not for a freaking penalty....
metz everybody knows that Cahill, like Dax, has played poorly so far the first two games. They will bounce back though, bad form is not the same thing as being a bad player.
You can't possibly still doubt him after the way he carried this team to the Supporter's Shield last season... right?
Every player has bad spells of form. Even some of the best like Howard, Bradley, Dempsey, Donovan, Altidore, etc.
Coaching is a very tough job. You need to stick with the guys you have faith in during bad spells. Otherwise it can become an endless downward spiral if you just bench them after a few bad performances.
Henry even touched on this recently:
"It's a team effort, man. I keep on saying it. You know, some people are going to shine sometimes, some won't and that's the way it is. At the end of the day it's got to be a team effort."
Every single player on our roster has had a few bad days at the office at some point.
I think Timmy just looks tired as he did his Australiam thing then came back and played a few days later in Vancouver so I think he just needs some time to recoup. Dax needs a more defined defensive mid role and he wil look good again.
When you go to work and don't give a 100% you are not good worker, I don't give a shit who or what he is......
And if he after 10 days can recuperate his game, man oh man, that say enough.......
Dax has played even worse than Cahill, is he also a bad worker?
I had hoped a trophy would help you get past this irrational hatred for any player older than 30...
MacCarty play bad this game, but I will say that the fault is Petke that line up some body else with him and MacCarty play much better when he is alone on his defender role, but a player that 10 days before have a long fly and don't recuperate from that 10/12 days after, that is to much......
Dax hasn't played a pure defender role since Backe used a 4-1-4-1 in 2012 while Henry was hurt. He has played alongside Cahill/Juninho in a flat midfield ever since the summer of 2012, and even when playing behind Peguy last year he had attacking responsibilities.
Cahill will be fine, he's only one of many players who haven't hit their stride this season, young and old. It was really nice when you weren't going so far out of your way to make up reasons to hate our own players every week.
When we start winning metz will disappear per usual.
Only to return when we bomb out of the playoffs again.
I'd like to roll the dice with Peggy at CAM for this one considering how poor our movement off the ball and link up play was in the home opener. I'm also willing to take that gamble because despite the penalty our defense looked better. Eck actually put in a decent shift, Olave certainly helped...Miller couldn't make a play to save his life so MAYBE Convey back there...I mean f#ck it, our record in the windy city is $hit so lets f#cking go for it.
Convey, BWP, and Bover off bench if we need a goal. Alexander, Sekagya, and Kimura available to lock it down. Meara rounds out the bench.
Armando suspended for Fire match. http://ht.ly/uPPem
Well we knew he was good for a suspension at some point this season, figured he'd make it a little longer than two games though. Between him and Dempsey, I'd be willing to bet this is the first time the DisCo's ever had to deal with multiple groin shots in one week...
Damn. Well okay.
Throw Miazga on the bench then too. Pray for some goals and hope to get him some minutes late.
Based on the match preview I do not think Peguy is starting. It looked like in the scrimmage the startershad no bibs, and I am pretty sure I saw Peguy with a bib on in the video. Also Convey had a bib on, so I think Steele has his job back for this game. All speculation though
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1. A wastewater treatment system comprising:
a fixed-film reactor having an inlet for receiving wastewater to be treated and an outlet, the fixed-film reactor comprising a vessel adapted for holding media therein and means for mixing contents of the vessel, the media adapted to support biofilm growth;
a hydroponic reactor having an inlet and an outlet;
a filtration device for removing suspended solids;
means for transferring water exiting the fixed-film reactor outlet to the hydroponic reactor inlet;
means for channeling water from the hydroponic reactor outlet to the filtration device; and
means for recycling a portion of the water exiting the filtration device to the fixed-film reactor inlet.
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a first and a second hydroponic reactor, each having an inlet and an outlet;
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first means for channeling water from the first hydroponic reactor outlet to the second hydroponic reactor inlet;
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treating water containing biofilms sloughed off in the anoxic/aerobic environment with an aerobic aquatic-root-zone treatment sufficient to substantially eliminate yield;
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determining parameters of wastewater at a site, the parameters including measured levels of wastewater characteristics and temporal ranges thereof;
configuring a wastewater treatment system specific to the determined wastewater parameters, the system including:
at least one fixed-film reactor having an inlet for receiving wastewater to be treated and an outlet, the fixed-film reactor comprising a vessel adapted for holding media therein and means for mixing contents of the vessel, the media adapted to support biofilm growth;
at least one hydroponic reactor having an inlet and an outlet;
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means for transferring water exiting the fixed-film reactor outlet to the hydroponic reactor inlet;
means for channeling water from the hydroponic reactor outlet to the filtration device; and
means for recycling a portion of the water exiting the filtration device to the fixed-film reactor inlet.
This application claims priority to provisional application Serial No. 60/333,203, filed on Nov. 14, 2001, entitled "Integrated Hydroponic and Fixed-Film Wastewater Treatment Systems and Associated Methods."
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to wastewater treatment systems and methods, and, more particularly, to such systems and methods for wastewater treatment that are nonchemically based.
2. Description of Related Art
Wastewater treatment via "natural" means, i.e., without the addition of chemicals, has been accomplished with the use of aquatic and emergent macrophytes (plants) that, in concert with the attendant microorganisms and macroorganisms associated with macrophyte roots and stems, substantially mineralize biodegrade organic materials and substantially remove certain excess nutrients, such as nitrogen and, to a lesser extent, phosphorus. These macrophytes have typically been located in artificial marshlands, also known as constructed wetlands, which are designed for gravity flow. A negative aspect of such systems is that they are very land-intensive, requiring roughly on the order of 100 times as much land area as a conventional treatment plant, or, in terms of capacity, as much as 30-40 acres per 106 gallons of wastewater treated per day unless other treatment processes are incorporated into the constructed wetlands
Subsurface-flow wetlands, which comprise aquatic plants positioned above a gravel filter are also known for use in wastewater treatment. These systems have been shown to frequently fail, however. Failure is manifested as the upstream gravel tends to become clogged with biosolids, permitting the influent to bypass the clogged region and pass substantially untreated to a downstream region. Additionally, surfaced wastewater is a breeding ground for disease vectors and nuisance insects. Ultimately the gravel becomes so clogged that design wastewater treatment is substantially compromised. Plants also appear to have little treatment role in subsurface flow wetlands because the plant root systems are inhibited by conditions in the gravel filter from growing sufficiently long to extend into the gravel, and thus have minimal contact with the influent.
Several varieties of aquatic and emergent macrophytes are known to be used in wetland and aquatic wastewater treatment systems, including, but not limited to, cattails, bulrushes, sedges, and water hyacinths. In wetland treatment systems these plants may be packed in unlined or lined trenches or basins filled with a granular porous medium such as gravel or crushed stone. It has also been suggested to use recycled, shredded scrap tires in the place of the gravel. Another suggested wetland system variant is to place a semipermeable barrier between a lower level into which effluent enters and the plant root system for directing the waste waterflow across the entire plant bed.
In yet another variant floating aquatic macrophytes, typically water hyacinths, are placed in shallow lagoons where plant roots, with attendant microorganisms and macroorganisms, extending into the water column are a principal design treatment mechanism. Although this root zone treatment method can provide advanced secondary treatment effluent, its application is limited by climate to approximately 5% of the United States. The large treatment footprint of water hyacinth treatment systems prohibits enclosure in greenhouses for almost all economically viable applications.
It is also known to combine plant root zone treatment with conventional activated sludge technology. The principal advantages of combining root zone treatment with activated sludge are improved nutrient removal capability over root zone treatment alone and improved treatment stability in small, activated sludge treatment systems. Among the problems encountered with root zone/activated sludge technology is that the clarifiers employed do not scale well when the size of the system is reduced beyond a certain point. In addition, operator qualifications are high for activated sludge systems, adding to the expense of running the system. Root zone/activated sludge technology has been known to digest in situ a large fraction of the biosolids produced and maintained within the treatment system, thereby reducing system biosolids yield. The mechanism for yield reduction is thought to be the retention of biosolids flocs on plant roots with subsequent consumption and mineralization of flocs by the invertebrate community attendant to the root zone. Reduction of yield is desirable only to a certain point, however. As reactors in series are added, thereby increasing biosolids contact with the root zone, yield may be reduced to the point where an insufficient quantity of biosolids remain to be recycled from the clarifier to the reactors in series. Lack of recycled biosolids substantially degrades the treatment performance of the activated sludge treatment element. This design trap is inherent to root zone/activated sludge treatment systems. Preliminary studies have been performed on various aspects of the present invention by the inventors and other colleagues, as reported in "Final Report on the South Burlington, Vermont Advanced Ecologically Engineered System (AEES) for Wastewater Treatment," D. Austin et al., 2000; and "Parallel Performance Comparison between Aquatic Root Zone and Textile Medium Integrated Fixed Film Activated Sludge (IFFAS) Wastewater Treatment Systems," D. Austin, Water Environment Federation, 2001; both of these documents are incorporated herein by reference in their entirety.
The present invention provides a wastewater treatment system and method that are less land intensive than previous systems, as well as combining the advantages of a plurality of remediation techniques. The present invention has a smaller footprint than previously disclosed wetlands, reduces undesirable characteristics of an influent, and has a low yield, i.e., low proportion of matter needing disposal.
An additional feature of the invention provides a unified environment that includes a remediation system.
The wastewater treatment systems and methods of the present invention are amenable to the treatment of, for example, but not intended to be limited to, domestic wastewater, industrial waste or process water, stormwater, urban runoff, agricultural wastewater or runoff, and even biological sludges. The systems are capable of handling a flow range of approximately 2000-2,000,000 gal/day. The types of contaminants that can be treated in the system include suspended particles, nutrients, metals, simple organics (oxygen-demanding substances), and synthetic or complex organics. The undesirable characteristics typically desired to be remediated include, but are not intended to be limited to, average biological oxygen demand (BOD), average total suspended solids (TSS), total nitrogen, and concentration of oil and grease. The systems of the present invention can reduce BOD to <10 mg/L, TSS to <10 mg/L, and total nitrogen to <10 mg/L.
The water treatment system of the present invention comprises a wastewater inlet, a treated water outlet, and a plurality of treatment modules between the inlet and the outlet. Each module is for treating the water with a selected process. Each module is in fluid communication with at least one other module for permitting sequential treatment of the wastewater by a plurality of processes.
Influent wastewater is first directed to a a pretreatment process, such as covered anaerobic reactor or screening process, which serves to perform an initial organic and solids removal. A means is provided for removing odors from gases or fumes that are produced herein.
Following pretreatment for a predetermined period, the wastewater is channeled to a fixed-film reactor, which achieves removal of organics and solids and denitrification. This fixed-film reactor is characterized in a low yield unit process, in which yield is, defined as kilograms of VSS exiting the system divided by kilograms of BOD entering the system. In alternate embodiments of the system, plural fixed-film reactors may be provided in series.
A given fixed-film reactor may operate in a substantially aerobic or anoxic mode, or alternate between anoxic and aerobic modes. A given fixed film reactor may operate as a complete or partial mix bulk liquid reactor. Alternatively, the reactor may operate in a fill and drain mode.
Water exiting the fixed-film reactor then is pumped or flows by gravity to a hydroponic reactor, in which aquatic plants are suspended atop the liquid for achieving aquatic-root-zone treatment. The hydroponic reactor is substantially aerobic, and operates to achieve VSS digestion in addition to continued removal of nutrients started in the fixed-film reactor. The hydroponic reactor has an inlet and an outlet. Herein the term hydroponic reactor will be taken to comprise aerated reactors that have a rigid rack set at the water surface to support plants that send down roots into the wastewater column. The rack covers substantially the entire water surface. Plants substantially cover the surface of the rack. In alternate embodiments plural hydroponic reactors in series may be provided.
Digestion of VSS in the hydroponic reactors, or plurality of reactors, is designed to produce an hydroponic effluent VSS concentration of approximately 50 mg/L or less, which is sufficiently low to permit economically viable filtration. Filtration of hydroponic effluent to advanced standards may be achieved by a plurality of technologies.
Recycling may be directed to an anaerobic pretreatment module or to the fixed-film reactor, prior to channeling water exiting the hydroponic reactor to a filtering and disinfection module.
The features that characterize the invention, both as to organization and method of operation, together with further objects and advantages thereof, will be better understood from the following description used in conjunction with the accompanying drawing. It is to be expressly understood that the drawing is for the purpose of illustration and description and is not intended as a definition of the limits of the invention. These and other objects attained, and advantages offered, by the present invention will become more fully apparent as the description that now follows is read in conjunction with the accompanying drawing.
FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of the first embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a side cross-sectional view of a hydroponic reactor.
FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of the second embodiment of the present invention.
A description of the preferred embodiments of the present invention will now be presented with reference to FIGS. 1-3.
A schematic of a first embodiment 10 of the present invention (FIG. 1) illustrates the flow of wastewater through the system, entering a pretreatment module 11, into which influent 90 is channeled and permitted to reside for a predetermined period. The pretreatment module 11 may comprise, for example, a covered anaerobic reactor, which serves to perform an initial organic and solids removal. In this vessel 11 the solids from the influent settle, and anaerobic bacteria feed on the solids and wastes in the liquid. A means is provided for removing odors from gases or fumes that are produced herein.
The wastewater 90 is then channeled to an inlet 12 of a fixed-film reactor, such as, but not intended to be limited to, a moving bed bioreactor (MBBR) 13, which as discussed previously achieves removal of organics and solids and denitrification. The fixed-film reactor 13 in this system 10 comprises a containment vessel that contains manufactured medium 14, which may be rigidly fixed, fluidized, or randomly packed. The medium 14 provides a large surface area that serves as a substrate for biofilm growth. Nitrification occurs in the biofilms growing on the fixed-film medium 14, and denitrification occurs during recycling to an anoxic environment or by inducing a transient anoxic condition within the reactor. Sloughing of biofilms in the fixed-film reactor 13 is substantially continuous, thereby eliminating the need for recycling biosolids as in prior known devices.
The fixed-film reactor 13 provides treatment stability early in the operational life of the system 10. Bacteria quickly colonize the media 14, providing effective BOD treatment as heterotrophic bacteria colonize media surfaces. Denitrification can be achieved, as will be discussed in the following, by recycling nitrified effluent to an anoxic or aerobic fixed-film process 13, thereby meeting design treatment goals prior to plant maturation in the hydroponic reactor 19 discussed in the following.
Mixing in the reactor 13, which may be effected by mechanical means, such as a propeller 15, or by aeration 16, is designed to ensure that wastewater 90 is exchanged over the entire medium surface area in a period that may range from minutes to several hours depending upon the characteristics of the reactor 13 and the medium 14. Preferably the mixing occurs substantially continuously during the operation of the system 10.
Following flow through the fixed-film reactor 13, water is channeled from an outlet 17 of the fixed-film reactor 13 to an inlet 18 of a first hydroponic reactor 19 (FIG. 2). A hydroponic reactor 19 herein is intended to comprise a basin 20 having the inlet 18 and an outlet 22. A rack 23 is positionable at the water's surface in the basin 20 and is adapted for supporting plants 24 thereon. Preferably the rack 23 covers substantially the entire surface of the basin 20, and plants 24 cover substantially the entire rack 23.
The role of plant roots 25 has been determined to be extremely important in the remediation processes of the present system 10 and its alternate embodiments. Plant roots 25 retain significant quantities of biosolids, also known as volatile suspended solids (VSS). Retention of biosolids on plant roots is a key mechanism of the digestion of biosolids within the hydroponic reactor. The aquatic root zone achieves simultaneous nitrification and denitrification. Significant nitrification occurs when nitrifying biosolids are retained on the plant roots 25. Denitrification occurs in localized, transient anoxic sites within the root zone. Further, overall reaction rates are higher than in pure aquatic-root-zone treatment. Since the system 10 does not employ a clarifier, as in prior known systems, capital and operating expenses and time are significantly reduced.
Treatment basin 20 depth 26 in relation to average root depth has a significant effect on treatment performance. At least a 20% penetration of the treatment water column 26 by root mass is believed preferable. As a number of plant species have been found that can reliably produce roots 2 feet in length, a maximum design depth 26 of approximately 6 to 7 feet is feasible for the current system 10.
Aeration and/or other means for imparting mechanical energy 27 is important, for mixing the contents of the reactor 13 and for forcing contact between the wastewater and the plant roots 25, ensuring that the plant root zone significantly contributes to treatment. Mixing force should not, however, be so robust as to cause the roots to splay outward, thereby decreasing exposed root surface area.
Time spent in the hydroponic reactor 19 should be sufficient to digest volatile organic material present in the wastewater and bacterial biomass generated in the system 10.
The yield from the system 10 is very low, since two reactor types 13,19 having intrinsically low yields are combined. Values less than 0.1 kg effluent VSS/kg influent BOD5 are achievable with the present system 10.
In a particular embodiment, the fixed-film reactor 13 is embedded into the hydroponic reactor 19; however, this is not intended as a limitation, and the principle of having the reactors 13,19 in series obtains in any physical arrangement of this system 10, as schematically illustrated in FIG. 1.
In the embodiment shown in FIG. 1, a second hydroponic reactor 19′ follows the first 19 in series. Alternatively, one very long hydroponic reactor may also be contemplated.
Recirculation Qr comprises an important feature of the system 10 design. Recirculation may be achieved by any pumping means known in the art, and is preferably at least equal to the forward flow rate, and may be up to ten times the forward flow rate. In the embodiment of FIG. 1, recirculation occurs following the second hydroponic reactor 19′.
In an alternate embodiment, the hydroponic reactor 19 is substantially toroidal, with a central cylindrical module comprising the fixed-film reactor 13. One of skill in the art will recognize that other configurations are also feasible.
This system 10 offers improvements to prior art technologies: By integrating a high-rate fixed-film treatment 13 into an aquatic-root-zone 19 treatment system, the advantages of the combined technologies are retained while substantially eliminating the drawbacks. The improvements include that the fixed-film component 13 provides treatment stability early during start-up of the system 10. Bacteria colonize the medium 14 quickly in the fixed-film reactor(s) 13, providing effective BOD treatment as heterophilic bacteria colonize medium 14 surfaces, and then nitrification as the nitrifying bacteria colonize medium 14 surfaces.
The elimination of the clarifier comprises an elimination of what has been heretofore considered a fundamental unit process. Elimination of the clarifier is made possible by the extremely small yield of the present system 10 while maintaining the biological nutrient removal treatment capacity found in clarifier-based treatment technology. For the purposed of filtration, the term "low yield" is defined as the production of effluent VSS concentrations <50 mg/L without accumulation of VSS elsewhere in the system 10. At these VSS concentrations, several filtration technologies can effectively replace the clarifier, with a filter 28 following the second hydroponic reactor 19′. Filtered effluent can be designed to produce TSS values <5 mg/L from a filter influent of VSS of 50 mg/L. Filtrate from such a filtration system 28 can effectively be processed on site in most treatment applications. Recycling may also occur following the filtration system 28 (dotted line in FIG. 1) in an alternate embodiment.
One embodiment of a filtration system comprises a vertical flow wetland 28, which includes a basin 30 having an outlet 31 in a bottom thereof. The basin 30 is adapted to contain a particulate medium 32,32′, and a mat 33 adapted for permitting plants 35 to root 36 therein. The mat 33 is positioned above the particulate medium 32. The wetland cell 28 is adapted to maintain a population of aquatic invertebrates therein.
This system 10 is capable of achieving an ammonia concentration of <1 mg/L. A redox (oxidation reduction potential) probe 34 may be employed to regulate pumping. If the redox level is greater than a predetermined limit, the pump is turned off. Pumping only occurs as long as the system is anoxic. Alternatively, the wetland cell may fill and draw per other means of control such as a timer, programmable logic controller, or an on-line monitoring technology other than a redox probe. The system 10 is capable of producing an effluent having a BOD <5 mg/L, TSS <5 mg/L, total nitrogen <10 mg/L, and turbulence <5 ntu's.
Another advantage of this system 10 is its aesthetic features. In use, the reactors 13,19 appear to be planters filled with beautiful plants, and the sound of flowing water is known to have beneficial effects to the human psyche.
A second embodiment of the wastewater treatment system 50 is illustrated schematically in FIG. 3. This system 50 is also modular, and contains a first 51 and a second 52 fixed-film reactor such as the reactor 13 described above, connected in series, following the pretreatment vessel 53. In this configuration the first fixed-film reactor 51 remains in a substantially anoxic condition, while the second 52 remains in a substantially aerobic condition.
At least one hydroponic reactor 54 follows the second fixed-film reactor 52, and is substantially the same as that 19 described above. Following aquatic-root-zone treatment, a filtration system 55 removes any remaining suspended solids. Recycling for denitrification follows the filtration system 55 to the first fixed-film reactor 51.
Another aspect of the present invention includes a method of designing a site-specific wastewater treatment system. The method comprising the step of determining parameters of wastewater at a site. Such parameters may include, but are not intended to be limited to, measured levels of wastewater characteristics and temporal ranges thereof. One of skill in the art will recognize that flow rate, volume, nutrient level, BOD, TSS, and VSS may be included in such a set of parameters.
Owing to the modular nature of the systems 10,50 of the present invention, a wastewater treatment system can then be configured that is specific to the determined wastewater parameters.
In the foregoing description, certain terms have been used for brevity, clarity, and understanding, but no unnecessary limitations are to be implied therefrom beyond the requirements of the prior art, because such words are used for description purposes herein and are intended to be broadly construed. Moreover, the embodiments of the apparatus illustrated and described herein are by way of example, and the scope of the invention is not limited to the exact details of construction.
Having now described the invention, the construction, the operation and use of preferred embodiments thereof, and the advantageous new and useful results obtained thereby, the new and useful constructions, and reasonable mechanical equivalents thereof obvious to those skilled in the art, are set forth in the appended claims.
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BRUNSWICK — With the window closing for recommendations to the Midcoast Regional Redevelopment Authority board of directors, the Town Council on Monday turned down a chance to add to its list of favorites.
The council's list of recommendations is a short one. On Dec. 7, it voted unanimously to urge the reappointment of Gary Brown, a current MRRA board member and the town's top executive.
Although Brown's reappointment by Gov. John Baldacci is uncertain, he has received endorsements from the council, MRRA Chairman Art Mayo, Bowdoin College and a local newspaper.
Brown's supporters argue his qualifications and Brunswick's stake in the redevelopment of Brunswick Naval Air Station make him a logical choice to sit on the MRRA board.
However, according to the governor's deputy chief of staff, David Farmer, issues have been raised about potential conflicts between Brown's duties as a MRRA trustee and his employment by the town.
That conflict was initially pointed out by state Sen. Stan Gerzofsky, D-Brunswick. However, Gerzofsky, who advises the governor on MRRA nominations, has since refused to comment on Brown's reappointment.
On Monday, two councilors recommended adding to the council's list of endorsements. Councilor Ben Tucker, initially raised the issue; he was supported by Chairwoman Hallie Daughtry.
Tucker asked the council to consider six Brunswick residents, each of whom had applied for MRRA seats through the governor's office.
But the majority of councilors were reluctant to add to the list, arguing that they didn't have enough time to conduct due diligence on the candidates.
"I think it's entirely inappropriate to present a slate of names without any background," Councilor Joanne King said.
Councilor David Watson agreed, saying "arbitrarily listing names" would be "reckless."
Vice chairman Benet Pols said that he didn't recognize some of the applicants.
"I'm hesitant to do a slate and I don't think we have time to vet this in this meeting," Pols said.
The list included Newell Augur, a former town councilor and Augusta lobbyist; Steve Weems, president of the Brunswick Economic Development Corp.; Sande Updegraph, the director of the Freeport Economic Development Corp., and Amanda Similien, a former employee in the town's office of Economic and Community Development.
The lack of support among councilors prompted Tucker and Daughtry to withdraw their motion. Tucker, acting independent of the council, endorsed Similien in a letter to Baldacci.
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The really intriguing fact about this is the part that we have placed in bold above. A steel penny? Sound familiar in the U.S.? The United States is currently entertaining the idea of changing the metal composition of the penny (and the nickel) to steel. However, Canada has already done this and still takes a loss on the penny.
This doesn't just suggest the end of the U.S. penny must be coming closer, it proves it. After all, That quote could easily be replaced with the economic conditions in the United States.
Canada's Mint, called the Royal Canadian Mint, has an "Alloy Recover Program" that is designed to sort out high value coins in the same denomination and recover them for commodities use. For example, sorting Canadian copper pennies out of zinc and steel pennies. Keep your copper pennies! After all, they're already proven to be worth more than face value. These acts are largely shown in the cost to make a penny.
Cost to Make the Penny
Notice it states the penny costs 1.6 cents in Canada. In the United States it costs 2.41 cents. That's a huge difference in relation to the fact that 1.6 cents was enough of a loss for Canada to eliminate the penny. Here's a chart showing the cost to make the penny followed by a second chart showing the production capital loss extrapolating the past ten years of minting the U.S. penny:
Is the U.S. penny on the chopping block to be eliminated next? Only time will tell when. But that's the real factor here. No longer is the question if, but when. History repeats. Time and time again countries have and are eliminating the denomination equivalent of the penny.
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Muscat May 4, 2010: The Karnataka Wing of The Indian Social Club, Muscat has always unfurled a variety of interesting programmes and activities, here in Muscat. Adept in their repertoire, they organized a family show on Thursday, 29th April 2010 at the Higher College of Technology auditorium, which was an interesting in-house programme for its members. It was an eventful day filled with mirth, joy and fun. The organizers recreated this programme on the same lines of the popular and sensational talk show Adarsha Dampathigulu.
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PRANAYARAJA DR. SRINATH and his wife Smt. Geetha Srinath graced the evening as the Guests of Honour. Dr.Srinath needs no introduction, as he has won the hearts of one and all with his multifaceted and talented image in the film industry. Theatre and films have always been his passion and his contribution in the other fields like film production, Television Media, Arts and Culture, tradition, etc. ranks him as a cultural ambassador. He was conferred the Honorary Doctorate for his valuable contribution in the field of Film and Arts.and he was nominated as as MLC by the Government of Karnataka in 2006.
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