Troubleshooting your wastewater treatment plant

Our customer called us for troubleshooting on this Tricel Novo, installed 3 years ago. He noticed the alarm coming from his wastewater treatment plant was beeping. A Tricel technician came to his house to fix the problem.

Few seconds after arriving on site, the technician identified the issue: something was going wrong with the compressor. He inspected the plant and observed the lid was surrounded by grass and leaves. The grass was long and cluttered the sides of the lid, preventing the air from entering under the lid and choking the compressor. Consequently, the compressor burned out, and the bacteria were no longer oxygenated. 

The technician changed the compressor in a few minutes and checked the wastewater treatment plant to ensure it was working well. No other issue was found and the plant was properly working.

He informed the owner of the origin of the dysfunctioning of his plant and suggested that he keep the grass around the plant as short as possible. This piece of advice should prevent the owner from changing his new compressor for a long time.

Tricel provides high-standard wastewater treatment plants and relies on years of experience as well as reliable brands. The compressors provided with the Tricel Novo treatment plants are made to keep you years free from troubleshooting unless you don’t follow the guidelines and damage the plant.

The owner installed a Tricel Novo 6 PE six years ago. Wastewater Treatment Tricel Novo plants ensure compliance with these environmental protection regulations while providing a simple, cost-effective solution.

The tank was full because the blower wasn’t working correctly.

The effluent enters the primary settlement chamber. Settlement occurs when the heavier solids drop out of the wastewater and settle to the bottom of the tank to create sludge, and the lighter solids float to the top of the water to form a scum. The top layer acts as a seal and stops odours from escaping. This chamber separates up to 70% of the solids present. Next is the aeration chamber, where masses of naturally occurring bacteria inhabit specially designed plastic filter media. The bacteria feed on the waste removing it from the liquid. A continuous air supply from a low-pressure, high-volume compressor in the top section of the unit sustains these bacteria. Wastewater passes through the filter media repeatedly, ensuring a very high treatment efficiency. The wastewater then proceeds to the final settlement chamber. Any remaining minute bacterial particles separate from the wastewater within this chamber before discharge from the plant. This process slows the liquid’s velocity, allowing for any final trace impurities to settle into the bottom of the tank. A sludge return system then returns these impurities to the primary settlement chamber.

Here, the solids went to the second and third chambers, which caused the smell around the system.

During the annual maintenance visit, the technician checked the three chambers of the Tricel Novo and changed the compressor to ensure the system worked well. No other issue was found, and the plant was properly working.