Effluent Compliance Monitoring
Effluent Total-Nitrogen Early Warning at a County WWTP in Shandong
1 / 2Project Background
A county wastewater plant in Shandong receives industrial wastewater mixed into its influent, causing large quality swings that stress the denitrification process and threaten effluent total-nitrogen compliance.
Customer Challenge
With influent swinging, denitrification needs flexible, timely control — but manual lab testing lagged hours behind. The plant could neither predict total-nitrogen exceedance nor guide carbon dosing in time, living with constant compliance risk.
The TENGINE Solution
A UVN nitrate nitrogen analyzer was installed for online real-time nitrate monitoring, replacing lagging lab data with a continuous process signal.
Implementation
The UVN analyzer was deployed at the process control point, streaming real-time nitrate data for dosing guidance and exceedance early warning.
Project Results
Online monitoring eliminated the lab lag: carbon dosing is now guided precisely, effluent total-nitrogen exceedance is flagged before it happens, compliance risk is avoided and discharge stays stable.
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