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Wastewater Treatment Calculations Guide

The document contains 3 problems related to wastewater treatment plant design and calculations. The first problem calculates parameters of a circular primary clarifier. The second problem calculates BOD removal efficiency for an activated sludge process and the volume needed to achieve 90% removal. The third problem calculates the food to microorganism ratio in an aeration basin.

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Wastewater Treatment Calculations Guide

The document contains 3 problems related to wastewater treatment plant design and calculations. The first problem calculates parameters of a circular primary clarifier. The second problem calculates BOD removal efficiency for an activated sludge process and the volume needed to achieve 90% removal. The third problem calculates the food to microorganism ratio in an aeration basin.

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ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

ASSIGNMENT NO. 6: WASTEWATER TREATMENT

Name: ENVI –
Baltazar, Daniel Janz A41

Prepare clean and clear solutions to the following problems.

1. A wastewater treatment plant will receive a flow of 35,000 m 3/day. Calculate the surface area, diameter, volume and
hydraulic retention time of a 3 m deep circular, primary clarifier that would remove 50% of the suspended solids. Assume
the surface overflow rate used for the design is 60 m 3/m2-d.

Solution:
Solve for Surface are:

Q
Surface Area=
Surface loading

35000
¿ =583.33m 2
60

Solve for diameter:

π × D2
Area=
4

2 π × D2
583.44 m =
4

D=27,259m

Solve for Volume:

V =SA × depth
V =583.33 m3 ×3
V =1750 m 3

Solve for hydraulic retention time:

V
t=
Q

1750
t=
35000

t=1.2 hr

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2. Wastewater from a peach packaging plant was tested in a pilot activated sludge plant, and the kinetic constants were
found to be:
Maximum growth rate factor = 3/d
Yield = 0.6
Half saturation constant = 450 mg/L

The influent BOD is 1,200 mg/L and a flow rate of 19,000 m 3/d is expected. The aerators to be used will limit the
suspended solids in the aeration tank to 4500 mg/L. The available aeration volume is 5,100 m 3. What efficiency of BOD
removal can be expected? Suppose we found that the flow rate is actually much higher, say 35,000 m 3/day, and the flow
is more dilute, S0 = 600 mg/L. What removal efficiency might we expect now? At this flow rate and S 0, suppose we could
not maintain 4,500 mg/L solids in the aeration tank. If the solids were only 2,000 mg/L and if 90% BOD removal was
required? How much aeration tank volume would be needed?

Solution:

Solve for cell retention time:

V
t=
Q

5100
t= =0.268 days
19000

Solve for BODr

Ks
S=
μ ×t−1

450 mg
S= =−2310.810
3 ×0.268−1 L
BODr =0 % efficiency

Solve for t:

5100
t= =0.1457 days
35000

1 11.43
0.145= =q=
q ×0.6 day

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S o−S
t=
Xt

600−S mg
11.43= =S=−6900
4500 ×0.1457 L

BODr =0 % efficiency

BOD−S
Ƞ= × 100
BOD

1200−S
90= × 100
1200
mg
S=120
L

Solve for cell retention time:

K +S
t=
Sμ

V 2000+120
=
Q 120× 3

V 2000+120
=
35000 120 ×3

V =206,112 m3
Solve for aeration tank volume:

V =206,112−5100

V =201 , 012 m3
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3. A conventional wastewater treatment plant receives 90 L/s with an average BOD of 250 mg/L. The aeration basin is 3,000
m3. The MLSS is 2,800 mg/L and effluent SS is 25 mg/L. The waste activated sludge is 2 m 3/s from the recycle line. The SS
of the recycle flow is 9,000 mg/L. What is the food to microorganism ratio?

Solution:

Convert L/s to L/day:

L L
90 ×86400=7.77 ×106
s d
Convert m3 to ft3:
1ft3=0.0283m3

3 1 m3 3
3000 ft × 3
=84.95 m
35.315 ft

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