System and method for wastewater treatment control through microorganism settling optimization

A system for wastewater treatment control through pump-based microorganism settling optimization, comprising:

• a gas generator configured to provide an amount of an at least one reactive gas;
• a compressor configured to compress the amount of the at least one reactive gas and to provide the compressed first amount of the reactive gas into a sludge, the sludge comprising a plurality of types of microorganisms capable of digesting one or more pollutants;
• one of an atomizer and a pump configured to form a gas-dispersion return sludge by at least partially dissolving the at least one reactive gas within the sludge and to provide the gas-dispersion return sludge into at least one vessel within which a wastewater that comprises one or more of the pollutants is combined with the gas-dispersion return sludge to form a mixed liquor, wherein the microorganisms utilize at least some of the pollutants within the mixed liquor, and wherein at least a portion of the microorganisms of one type of the plurality of the types do not settle to a bottom of the at least one vessel following the utilization of one or more of the pollutants;
• a controller configured to receive user input associated with a proportion of the one type of the microorganisms within the sludge and to determine based on the user input a further amount of the at least one reactive gas to be added to the mixed liquor to achieve a concentration of the at least one reactive gas within the mixed liquor that promotes settlement of the microorganisms of the one type;
• a further compressor interfaced to the controller and configured to compress the further amount of the at least one reactive gas and to provide the further amount of the at least one reactive gas into the mixed liquor;
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• a further pump configured to at least partially dissolve at least part of the further amount of at least one reactive gas within the mixed liquor to achieve the concentration and to provide the mixed liquor with the further amount of the at least one reactive gas into at least one further vessel.

A system for wastewater treatment control through reactive-gas-based microorganism settling optimization, comprising:

• a gas generator configured to provide an amount of an at least one reactive gas;
• a compressor configured to compress the amount of the at least one reactive gas and to provide the compressed first amount of the reactive gas into a sludge, the sludge comprising a plurality of types of microorganisms capable of digesting one or more pollutants;
• a pump configured to form a gas-dispersion return sludge by at least partially dissolving the at least one reactive gas within the sludge and to provide the gas-dispersion return sludge into at least one vessel within which a wastewater that comprises one or more of the pollutants is combined with the gas-dispersion return sludge to form a mixed liquor, wherein the microorganisms utilize at least some of the pollutants within the mixed liquor, and wherein at least a portion of the microorganisms of one type of the plurality of types do not settle to a bottom of the at least one vessel following the utilization of one or more of the pollutants;
• a controller configured to receive user input associated with a proportion of the one type of the microorganisms within the sludge and to determine based on the user input a further amount of the at least one reactive gas to be added to the mixed liquor to achieve a concentration of the at least one reactive gas within the mixed liquor that promotes settlement of the microorganisms of the one type;
• a further compressor interfaced to the controller configured to compress the further amount of the at least one reactive gas and to provide the further amount of the at least one reactive gas into the mixed liquor;
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• an atomizer configured to at least partially dissolve at least part of the further amount of at least one reactive gas within the mixed liquor to achieve the concentration and to provide the mixed liquor with the further amount of the at least one reactive gas into at least one further vessel.