Sumo Quick Tutorial

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Table of Contents Sumo19 Quick tutorial

Table of Contents

Table of Contents ................................................................................................................................................ 3

1 Contact ........................................................................................................................................................ 4
2 Install Sumo ................................................................................................................................................. 5
2.1 Prepare Microsoft Windows for Sumo ................................................................................................ 5
2.2 Installation of Sumo............................................................................................................................. 5
2.3 Obtaining a license .............................................................................................................................. 5
3 How to build a plant .................................................................................................................................... 6
3.1 Configure ............................................................................................................................................. 6
3.2 Model setup......................................................................................................................................... 7
3.3 Plantwide setup ................................................................................................................................... 7
3.4 Input setup .......................................................................................................................................... 8
3.5 Output setup ....................................................................................................................................... 8
4 Simulate ....................................................................................................................................................... 9
4.1.1 Steady-state simulation ............................................................................................................. 10
4.1.2 Dynamic Inputs .......................................................................................................................... 11
4.1.3 Adding measured data to the charts ......................................................................................... 11
4.1.4 Writing a report ......................................................................................................................... 12

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1 Contact

This Manual, the Sumo software, SumoSlang and related technologies are the copyright of Dynamita.
Copyright 2010-2019, Dynamita

Dynamita SARL
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La Redoute
Nyons, 26110
France

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Released: April, 2019

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2 Install Sumo
The following steps will help to guide you through the installation of Sumo.

2.1 Prepare Microsoft Windows for Sumo

Operating system
Make sure your computer is operating Microsoft Windows 7 or later. Sumo supports touch screen computers
running Windows 8/8.1 and Windows 10.
Sumo can be used on a Mac with Windows installed or through an emulator like “Parallels”
Microsoft Office
Sumo requires Microsoft Excel 2007 or later installed.
.NET
Please make sure that your computer is running the Microsoft .NET 4.5 framework. You can check it in the list
of installed applications (Control Panel / Programs / Programs and Features). If the .NET framework’s 4.5
version is not installed, please download and install it from the following location:
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=30653
Windows 10 comes with the required .NET environment. On other operating systems, if you have it already
installed on your computer, the downloaded installer will exit or inform you. Proceed to the next step.

2.2 Installation of Sumo

You have received a link to the Sumo installer (or in rare cases the install file on a USB key). This is one file and
contains everything necessary to install Sumo once Windows is prepared. Download it through the link
provided to your computer. From the USB key you can install directly if desired, it is not required to copy the
file to the computer.
Install Sumo by starting the install package and follow instructions. Administrator rights may be necessary
during installation.

2.3 Obtaining a license

Obtaining a license is a two-step process.
1. After install, start Sumo from the Windows Start menu. Sumo will display a message providing multiple
options. If you don’t have the license file yet, Select “Obtain license”. Sumo will display information
about your hardware (Machine Identifier Code) and you can copy this information to the clipboard.
Please paste this code into an email and send to support@dynamita.com. Dynamita will provide a
license file for you according to our agreement.
2. Copy the license file Dynamita provided to a folder on your computer, start Sumo and navigate to load
the license file. As long as the license file is not deleted or moved and it is valid, this validation does
not have to be repeated.

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3 How to build a plant

Start Sumo from the Desktop icon (pic) Sumo will start with the welcome screen and a Task Bar on the top just
below the menus as illustrated in Figure 1.

Figure 1 – Sumo19 startup screen

3.1 Configure
Click on the Configure Tab. In this introduction we will build a simple AO configuration using the “Flow – energy
elements”, “Bioreactors”, “Separators” categories on the top left Element list. Select the process unit by
opening the category and dragging the desired process unit to the drawing board. To drop the selected unit,
just release the mouse button as on Figure 2. The units can be connected with pipes by simply positioning
their outflow connection (port) on top of an input port of another process (Figure 3), or by position the mouse
on an output port of a process unit, press the left mouse button, then move the mouse – and this way drag
the pipe – to an input port of another process unit (Figure 4).
Build the plant configuration and connect the pipes as shown in Figure 5.

Figure 2 - Building the plant layout Figure 3 - Pipe created by touching process units

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Figure 4 - Pipe created the conventional way Figure 5 - The example layout

Note: these settings can only be modified in Configuration mode, but you can return to them at any point
during your work.
Rename the process units using the right-click mouse menu. The pipes can be renamed, too, but this is usually
not important – the pipe names are hidden by default, this can be changed in the View menu on the top. The
visibility of process unit names can be controlled on a one-by-one basis. In order to obtain a clear example
layout, hide the name of the ‘Side flow combiner’ process unit.
Note: these settings can only be modified in Configuration mode, but you can return to them at any point
during your work. Changing the process unit names will not result in retranslation of the model.

3.2 Model setup

In this tutorial the model parameters will be left as default.

3.3 Plantwide setup

Proceeding to the Plantwide Setup Tab, plantwide variables can be selected for calculation.
“Plantwide” means that the calculations are based on variables contained in several process units around the
plant. The multiple calculations can be added to the simulation from the SRT calculation to controllers. In this
example the SRT calculation with control will be added.
The SRT calculation is set up the following way: drag reactors which contain sludge mass to the numerator and
drag wastage and if desired, effluent connections (ports) in the denominator, as shown on Figure 6.

Figure 6 - SRT calculation steps

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Target SRT can be set as well assigning a proper controlled port. These ports, such as the WAS pump in our
example, are indicated and by selecting the port, a Target SRT can be set on the bottom left panel. A certain
pump can only be used to control one SRT.

3.4 Input setup

Choosing the Input Setup Task, the Tab splits into Constant and Dynamic input types. For initial plant setup,
we only need the Constants as shown on Figure 7. Select each object one by one and enter the required values
as shown below.

Figure 7 - Constant Input setup

In this simple configuration we only need to set a few values to build a realistic plant model, first for typical
dry weather operation. Try Table 1 for this example:
Table 1 - Input setup for AS plant

Process Unit Parameter Value Unit

Reactor 1 Volume 3000 m3
Reactor 2 Volume 7000 m3
Influent Leave at default
Clarifier Leave at default

Enter these values by selecting the unit and the parameter menu in the bottom left panel – the values can be
edited on the bottom right as shown on Figure 7. Each value different from the default is highlighted with bold
letter type. There is indication of different value in the Input parameter menu in the bottom left panel.
The configuration of this wastewater treatment plant model is now ready.

3.5 Output setup

This Task can be used to specify which variables and in what format should be displayed and/or saved during
the simulation.
For this example use a table (Frequently used variables of the Input or Reactors on Figure 8), MLSS timechart
(Figure 9), Effluent N form timechart (Figure 10) and COD/BOD barchart (Figure 11).

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Figure 8 - Summary table setup Figure 9 - MLSS timechart setup

Figure 10 - Effluent N timechart setup Figure 11 - COD/BOD5 removal setup

4 Simulate
This Task can be used to run simulations and observe results.
Steady mode calculates directly the steady-state condition of the variables whereas Dynamic shows the
variation with time.
Dynamic simulation starts by pressing the Cold Start button for the default scenario. Cold start will start the
simulation with the Initial concentrations, defined in the model and process units. Steady-state start uses
steady state concentrations as initial conditions.
The Stop time and Data interval can be modified before the simulation. (Figure 12)
A 20-day graph gives a good indication whether the system settled into stable condition and the results are
meaningful for typical dry weather summer operation. (Figure 13 and Figure 14) The COD/BOD5 removal is
shown on the barchart. (Figure 15)

Figure 12 - Simulation tab, Ready for simulation Figure 13 - MLSS timechart results

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Figure 14 - Effluent N timechart results Figure 15 - COD/BOD5 removal results

4.1.1 Steady-state simulation

The Steady-state simulation initiates the solver to look for the steady-state condition of the system. At this
calculation the dynamic inputs are automatically disabled and the controllers set for steady-state equations.
Steady-state simulation cannot be performed on inherently dynamic processes such as the SBR.
The steady-state simulation will find the concentrations in the plant with constant influent and operating
conditions such as monthly average conditions, etc..
At the Steady simulation mode the results are provided for the steady-state condition (Figure 16). In the
Dynamic simulation mode, the Steady-start initialize a steady-state run followed by a Dynamic run with the
selected Stop time and Data interval (Figure 17).

Figure 16 - Steady-state calculation results Figure 17 - Steady-state start results

After the calculation Report can be exported into excel for further use.

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4.1.2 Dynamic Inputs Table 2 – Dynamic input of

This optional Task can be used to enter dynamically changing input information, influent flow pattern

e.g. diurnal flows, DO schedules and more. In this task the blue workflow button Time Q
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calibrate the model). Let’s assume this plant has Wastage flow data logged every 23.0 24328.482
2 hours. The collected data is shown in Table 3. Table 3 – Measured Wastage
flow data for the example
Copy this table into an Excel sheet (e.g. named Plant Data.xlsx) and rename the plant
sheet “Measured Wastage flow” (Actual names are irrelevant and flexible).
Time Flow (W.
Switch Sumo to ‘Output setup’ mode, add Timechart (rename wastage) and drop pump)
pumped flow of the Wastage pump on the chart. Then right click on the new h m3/d
Timechart Tab and select Import data. The data import is carried out by simply 0 320
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Figure 19 - The data import dialog

Switch to Simulate, set Stop time to 3 d and run simulation with hot start. Follow the measured and calculated
data coherence on Figure 20.

Figure 20 - Wastage timechart with measured data Figure 21 - Effluent N timechart with dynamic input

4.1.4 Writing a report

On the Control panel in Simulate tab, a Report button is available. When selected, results are written to an
Excel file. The resulting Excel file is named the same as the sumo project file by default. This function creates
an Excel file with the following sheets:
• Project overview: contains the configuration layout and basic project information
• Simulation result: all the simulated results are saved on separate sheets, including the tables
for the diagrams
• Model: Including all the parameters for the used model (this example: Sumo1)
• Process Units: all settings and PU parameters are displayed on separate sheets for each unit.
The project can be saved any time during the configuration and project development using the file menu and
reloaded at a later point in time.
Many other operational scenarios can be simulated with Sumo, including more complex reactor configurations
and more elaborate operational scenarios. Please see Examples under the Help menu.

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