GE P&W BioPlus User Manual

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BioPlus* Bioaugmentation Solutions

Enhancing Biological Waste Treatment for Environmental Compliance

 Cost-effective removal of ammonia and wide

range of industrial organic contamination

 Portfolio of bacterial and fungal blends,

enzymes and nutrients to cope with most indus­trial wastes being treated in secondary
wastewater plants

 Integrated with advanced monitoring and chem-

ical treatment solutions for comprehensive op­timization strategies

 Cost-effective, safe and easy to apply multi-

component products

Description and Use

GE BioPlus products comprise a portfolio of special­ly formulated blends of naturally occurring, but
adapted, high performance microorganisms, with
enzymes and nutrient supplements. In addition,
there are blends of bacteria and surfactants for oil
and grease clean-up. This product line is used to
enhance the biological degradation of organics,
and ammonia, in a variety of “secondary” waste­water treatment systems. Systems that can be
treated range from classic aerobic activated sludge
plants, lagoons, bio-filters, MBRs, MBBRs, to UASB
and other anaerobic treatment systems. Many of
the products contain facultative organisms and
oxygen donors allowing use in low oxygen condi­tions within aerobic systems.

Microorganisms used are naturally occurring bacte­ria and fungi that have been isolated from the envi­ronment and concentrated and stabilized for use in
wastewater treatment.

Typical uses include performance enhancement
(higher % removal); stability Improvement (less vari­ability) and faster recovery and start-up after up­sets and system shut-down (time savings).

Products and Services Offered

BioPlus technology includes products for:

 Enhancing COD removal in most aerobic indus-

trial wastewater treatment systems

 Degradation of Fats, Oil and Grease (FOG) and

other food processing type COD.

 Removal of COD in anaerobic reactors and la-

goons

 Enhancing organic sludge degradation at the

bottom of lagoons and ponds,

 Enhancing or recovering ammonia removal in

the nitrification process;

 Enhancing removal of COD from pulp and paper-

making operations

 Maintaining grease traps
 Cleaning oil and grease from tanks and ground

contamination.

 Enhancing general biomass health with addition

of dedicated nutrient supplements

Complementing the BioPlus technology are GE’s
BioHealth* and Insight* monitoring tools (see Fact
Sheets). The BioHealth is a second-generation ATP
based test used in conjunction with BioPlus bio­augmentation and primary treatment, to quickly
and directly measure influent wastewater toxicity
and reactor biomass activity and health. Coupled
with sophisticated analytical and trending software
packages, including real-time monitoring via In­sight, primary and secondary treatment can be
cost-effectively improved to levels unachievable
previously.

Application and Treatment

Proper application and treatment levels depend on
many factors and GE has developed application
guidelines based on prior experience, allowing for

system size, flow and site-specific operating condi­tions. GE representatives will tailor a BioPlus solu­tion incorporating product application, as well as
operational and monitoring recommendations. The
most cost-effective path towards optimizing biolog­ical treatment systems usually includes these three
components of a comprehensive solution

Dry BioPlus bacteria products are typically available
in 5 gallon pails, while the liquid products are avail­able in a variety of other containers.

Product Fact Sheets and Material Safety Data
Sheets (MSDS) containing detailed information
about individual BioPlus products are available. For
more information, please contact a GE representa­tive.

Solution Benefits

GE BioPlus bioaugmentation and cleaning products,
used together used together with GE operational
and monitoring recommendations, will provide one
or more of the following benefits:

 High Concentration/Activity of products results

in increased cost-performance. Upset response
and startup will be faster than other re-seeding
approaches and will not introduce problematic
chemistry or biology, often present in external
sources of sludge.

 BioPlus bioaugmentation can reduce or elimi-

nate capital and engineering costs of WWTP
expansion. A relatively inexpensive treatment
program can provide savings in upgrade costs.

 BioPlus treatment can reduce 5-day Biochemi-

cal Oxygen Demand (BOD5) surcharges and di­rectly save operating costs, or eliminate effluent
toxicity, saving regulatory fines and administra­tive costs, and/or PR problems.

 BioPlus treatment usually results in healthier,

better settling sludge. This can save on clarifier
and sludge dewatering polymer costs.

 Grease removal applications reduce mainte-

nance costs (less frequent cleaning)

 Product handling – long stability (of most prod-

ucts) and convenient packaging, provides sim­plicity of application.

 GE solutions include operational and monitoring

recommendations from a trained field support
team, providing a comprehensive solution, im­proving cost-effectiveness of bioaugmentation
products.

 Superior Monitoring Capabilities: BioHealth test

kit to immediately show increased bio-activity
and reduced stress within biomass, and to allow
customization of dosing for a cost-effective
treatment program.

 Products are multi-component, include a mix of

bacterial strains, fungi, enzymes and stimulants
that can handle a wide range of contaminants,
provide faster response and work in a wider
range of conditions than traditional bacteria­only bioaugmentation products.

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