Sewage Treatment Plant ACO Aeropur Plus

Sizes 3 – 100
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Characteristic, application Treatment process Advantages

The ACO Aeropur Plus sewage treatment plants • Mechanical pre-treatment • Easy installation as a compact and light-
are designed for the complete biological purifi- • Biological treatment by activated sludge weight unit
cation of domestic wastewater originating • Final gravity sedimentation • Very stable and high treatment efficiency
from: during irregular hydraulic and mass load –
• single-houses overload resistant
• residential areas • Effective purification also of total nitrates
• hotels (Ntot)
• boarding-houses • Low maintenance
• companies, etc. • Low energy consumption

The ACO Aeropur Plus sewage treat-

ment plants comply with all require-
ments of EN 12566-3.

Blower
Air

Sludge water

Return sludge Surplus sludge

Inlet

Outlet
1

2 4
5
3

Key:
1. Primary treatment – aerated screen basket
2. Buffer tank
3. Activation
4. Final sedimentation
5. Suplus sludge storage tank
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Technology description
The ACO Aeropur Plus technological line con-
sists of mechanical and biological parts.
Mechanical part of the ACO Aeropur Plus is
composed of the aerated screen basket (1)
being submerged into the buffer tank (2).
Sludge water is supplied into the ACO Aeropur
Plus through the inlet pipe whereby it flows into
a screen basket. Coarse-grained matters are
entrapped into the screen basket and pre-trea-
ted water passes freely through the basket
screening meshes into the buffer tank space.
Screen basket is aerated intensively from
below. Air flowing through the screen basket
grinds/crushes a part of coarse-grained impuri-
ties (left-overs, paper, etc.) which leaves the
screen basket in the form of small particles
together with pre-treated water. This “self-clea-
ning effect” of the screen basket extends con-
siderably time period of its filling and even
intervals of its emptying by the operating staff.
Hydraulic peaks at the inlet of the ACO Aeropur
Plus sewage treatment plants are eliminated
with the aid of the buffer tank from where pre-
treated water is pumped uniformly into the
plant biological part. Hydraulic peak equalizing
supports stable purification efficiency consider-
ably.
Blower
Ventilation
Inlet
Buffer Tank
Aerated
Screen Basket
Air-lift Pump
Surplus Sludge
Storage Tank
Biological part of the ACO Aeropur Plus con-
sists of the activation tank (3) and the built-in
final sedimentation tank (4).
Activation tank is aerated intermittently by
micro-bubble aeration. Intermittent operation
provides electric power saving up to 50 per-
cent, and simultaneously even better purifica-
tion efficiency. In the mode of aeration (nitrifica-
tion) there occur degradation of organic pollu-
tion and ammonia. In the mode of aeration
break (denitrification) there is a reduction of
value of nitrogen total volume.
From the activation tank the water flows into
the final sedimentation tank. Then gravitational
separation of treated water from activated slud-
ge is realized there. Treated water flows off the
sewage treatment plant through an outlet unit.
Activated sludge falls down to the bottom of
the final sedimentation tank from where it is
pumped and then returns sludge back to the
activation tank and partly into the storage tank
(5) as surplus sludge.
Final sedimentation tank is equipped with a
device for automatic collection and removal of
floating sludge from water level. This device
supports markedly reduction of maintenance
works during operation.
Surplus sludge is stored separately in the sto-
rage tank (5) which is capable of holding it for
100 – 150 days. Thanks to the separate stora-
ge tank surplus sludge does not affect purifica-
tion efficiency of the ACO Aeropur Plus in any
way.
Pumping of sludge water, return sludge and
surplus sludge is carried out with the aid of air-
lift pumps in the ACO Aeropur Plus. These
pumps need no maintenance and they are ent-
irely resistant to clogging. Hydraulic capacity
of the pumps is continuously adjustable even
with a very small flow of rate, which helps to
ensure uniform process of purification and thus
stable purification efficiency.
As the only electric appliance of the ACO
Aeropur Plus there is a blower supplying air
into aeration elements in the activation tank
and into air-lift pumps. Blower operation is
time-controlled. Blower intermittent operation
guarantees electric power savings up to 50
percent.
Outlet Unit 3
Automatic Removing
of Sludge from
Water Surface
Final Sedimentation
Activation Tank
Microbubble aeration
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Sizing, hydraulic and biological capacity

ACO Aeropur Plus 3 5 12 22 35 50 70 100

Calculated values
of hydraulic and biological load
Hydraulic load [m3/day] 0.45 0.75 1.80 3.30 5.25 7.50 10.5 15.0
Biological load BOD5 [kg/day] 0.18 0.30 0.72 1.32 2.10 3.00 4.20 6.00

Range of usage
Number of PE 2–5 3–8 8 – 16 16 – 28 28 – 42 42 – 60 60 – 85 85 – 120
Hydraulic load [m3/day] 0.30 – 0.75 0.45 – 1.20 1.2 – 2.4 2.4 – 4.2 4.2 – 6.3 6.3 – 9.0 9.0 – 12.8 12.8 – 18.0
Biological load BOD5 [kg/day] 0.12 – 0.30 0.18 – 0.48 0.48 – 0.96 0.96 – 1.68 1.68 – 2.52 2.52 – 3.60 3.60 – 5.10 5.10 – 7.20

ACO Aeropur Plus 3 – 12 ACO Aeropur Plus 22 – 100

H4
H4
H1

H2

H1

H2
1 3

1 3
H

H
H3
H3

4 2

4 2
LxW
D

4
Inlet Outlet
Inlet 4 2 Outlet
DN150 DN150
DN150 DN150
(Ø160) 1 3 (Ø160)
(Ø160) 1 3 (Ø160)

4 2
Ventilation Ventilation
DN100 DN100
(Ø110) (Ø110)

Key:
1. Buffer tank
2. Activation tank
3. Final sedimentation tank
4. Surplus sludge storage tank
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Technical data

ACO Aeropur Plus 3 5 12 22 35 50 70 100

Diameter D [mm] 1 330 1 470 2 030 - - - - -
Length L [mm] 3 000 4 000 5 000 6 160 8 660
Width W [mm] 2 160 2 160 2 160 2 400 2 400
Height H [mm] 2 200 2 550 2 950 3 020 3 020 3 020 3 020 3 020
Height of inlet pipe H1 [mm] 860 860 860 880 380 380 380 380
Height of outlet pipe H2 [mm] 980 980 980 1 000 500 500 500 500
Depth of water H3 [mm] 1 200 1 550 1 950 2 000 2 300 2 500 2 500 2 500
Height of ventilation pipe H4 [mm] 720 720 720 720 220 220 220 220
Weight [kg] 187 263 579 891 1 159 1 728 2 149 2 872
Power supply [V/Hz] 230/50 3x400/50
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Efficiency of purification

The following average values of effluent were

achieved during tests in an accredited laborato-
ry according to EN 12566-3:

BOD5 .................................................9.2 mg/l

COD.................................................60.0 mg/l
TSS ..................................................17.6 mg/l
N-NH4 ................................................2.6 mg/l
Ntot.................................................34.4 mg/l

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Adapters of ACO Aeropur Plus

Main tanks of the ACO Aeropur Plus are stati-
cally designed for in ground installation without
concrete encasement up to inlet pipeline depth
of 1.35 m. This option offers greater flexibility
during installation of the ACO Aeropur Plus and
better adaptation to local conditions (installa-
tion of inlet and outlet pipeline in ice-free depth,
guarantee sufficient slope of the inlet and out-
let pipeline, etc.).
To make utilization of the above mentioned If some adapters are used there, the sewage
option possible without any expensive con- treatment plant cover remains the same as
struction work, the ACO Aeropur Plus main though it were used for the main tank only.
tanks are provided with adapters which means
it is possible to heighten the main tank of the
ACO Aeropur Plus quick and easily.

Adapters of ACO Aeropur Plus 3 – 12

Adapters are of circular ground plans and it is

possible to place them fluently into the main
tank of the ACO Aeropur Plus to any position,
in a range according to the adapter type.
Adapter position is locked by screws. Fluent
height adjustment from 60 to 500 mm allows
either application of two adapters of different
heights individually or both adapters may be fit-
ted together.

6 ACO Aeropur Plus 3 5 12

320 - 500

Height H [mm] 60 – 140

A Weight [kg] 11 13 16
140 - 320

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60 - 140

Height H [mm] 140 – 320

B Weight [kg] 19 23 28
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A B A+B
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Adapters of ACO Aeropur Plus 22 – 100

Ground plan dimensions of adapters are consi-
stent with the ACO Aeropur Plus main tank
dimensions. The selected adapter is put on the
main tank and locked by screws. That way it is
possible to raise the main tank height by
500 mm or 1,000 mm, according to the
adapter type. However if the customer
wish it is possible to supply even adapters
being manufactured to order, with their
heights ranging from 200 to 1,000 mm.

ACO Aeropur Plus 22 35 50 70 100

Height H [m] 500
Weight [kg] 135 161 185 263 340
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Height H [m] 1 000
Weight [kg] 240 287 334 466 601
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Czech republic

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