Application of discrete event simulation to design and management of waste water pit — A case study

Author

Aleisa, Esra E. ; Al-Ahmed, Mohammad D S

Author_Institution

Dept. of Ind. & Manage. Syst. Eng., Kuwait Univ., Safat, Kuwait

fYear

2009

fDate

17-19 March 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

This paper comprises a study to escort the design and management of a residential sewage holding pit near a local water treatment facility. The pit is designed to replace an existing waste dump area. The study consists of a discrete-event simulation for predicting performance, capacity, utilization and flow at pit and its support activities. The pit is designed receive residential sewage tank truck loads, hold it temporally, and then pipe daily accumulated loads to the nearby water treatment facility. Simulation turned out to be an excellent tool in the facility planning effort for the pit project, as it insured smooth flow lines of tank trucks load discharge and best utilization of facilities on site.

Keywords

design engineering; discrete event simulation; facilities planning; geotechnical engineering; sewage treatment; structural engineering computing; wastewater treatment; design; discrete event simulation; facility planning; local water treatment facility; residential sewage tanks; tank trucks load discharge; wastewater pit management; Discharges; Discrete event simulation; Layout; Load modeling; Mathematical model; Testing; Water pollution; Discrete event simulation; Discrete event systems; Waste materials; Water;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

GCC Conference & Exhibition, 2009 5th IEEE

Conference_Location

Kuwait City

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-3885-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEEEGCC.2009.5734302

Filename

5734302