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Sewage Treatment Worksheet

The document provides an example of designing and calculating parameters for a sewage treatment system including a primary sedimentation tank and aerated lagoons. For the sedimentation tank, it calculates the surface area, volume, tank dimensions, and detention time. For the aerated lagoons, it calculates loading rates, biomass concentrations, sludge age, aeration period, return sludge rate, BOD removal efficiency, and sludge production rate based on given flow rates and concentrations.

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Sewage Treatment Worksheet

The document provides an example of designing and calculating parameters for a sewage treatment system including a primary sedimentation tank and aerated lagoons. For the sedimentation tank, it calculates the surface area, volume, tank dimensions, and detention time. For the aerated lagoons, it calculates loading rates, biomass concentrations, sludge age, aeration period, return sludge rate, BOD removal efficiency, and sludge production rate based on given flow rates and concentrations.

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Worksheet of sewage treatment

Example . (Design of sedimentation tank)


1. Design a primary sedimentation tank given the following data:
➢ Sewage flow = 5 mgd,
➢surface overflow rate = 600 gpd/ft2,
➢depth of tank = 10 ft,
➢removal efficiency = 60%,
➢SS in raw sewage = 200 mg/L,
➢Specific gravity of the sludge = 1. 03, and moisture content of sludge
= 95%,
➢weir loading rate = 15,000 gpd/ft.
➢Sludge is pumped out of the hoppers 3 times a day for 30 minutes duration
each time
Solution
✓Surface area = 5,000,000/600 = 8,333 or use 8,340 ft2
✓Total volume = 10 x 8,340 = 83,400 ft3
✓Provide 4 rectangular tanks each 120 ft long and 20 ft wide which
gives a length to width ratio of 6:1 and
a total volume of 96,000 ft3.
✓Two 75‐ft diameter circular tanks with a total volume of 88,357 ft3
also will be suitable.
✓Design flow/tank = 5,000,000/4 = 1,250,000 gpd
✓Weir length/tank = 1,250,000/15,000 = 83 linear ft
Solution…
✓Weight of dry solids removed/million gallons = 200 x 8.34 x 1 x
(60/100) = 1,000 lb
✓Volume of sludge/million gallon of sewage = 1,000/{8.34 x 1.03 x
(5/100)} = 2,330 gallons
✓Volume of sludge/5 mgd of sewage = 2,330 x 5 = 11,650 gpd
✓Sludge volume pumped each time = 11,650/3 = 3,883 or use 3,890
gallons
✓Adding 10% for scum, volume to be pumped = 3,890 x 1.1 = 4,668
gallons
✓Pumping rate = 4,668/30 = 155.6 or use 160 gpm
Check for detention time
➢Using rectangular tanks: Flow = 5,000,000 gallons/day = 208,333
gal/hr
✓Volume of tank = 96,000 ft3 = 718,000 gal
✓Detention time = 718,080/208,333 = 3.45 hrs
➢Using circular tanks: Flow as before = 208,333 gal/hr
✓Volume of tank = 660,910 gal;
✓Detention time = 660,910/208333 = 3.17 hr
Tinkling filter exmple
3.Aerated lagoons…(Example .2)
Data: Volume of aeration tank = 120,000 ft3 or 0.898 Mg
sewage flow = 3.67 mgd
Return sludge flow = 1.27 mgd
Waste sludge flow = 18,900 gpd or 0.0189 mgd
MLSS in aeration tank = 2,350 mg/l
SS in waste sludge = 11,000 mg/l
Influent sewage BOD = 128 mg/l
Effluent BOD = 22 mg/l
Effluent SS = 26 mg/l
➢Using the above data calculate the loading and operational parameters
Solution
1. BOD load(Ib/day) = sewage flow* Influent sewage BOD

BOD load (Ib/day)= 3.67 x 128 x 8.34 (8.34 was unit conversion)
= 3,920 lb/day
2. MLSS in aeration tank = V tank* Conc. Of MLSS

MLSS in aeration tank (Ib) = 0.898 x 2,350 x 8.34 (8.34 was unit conversion)
= 1 7,600lb
3. BOD loading = BOD load (Ib/day)/ Vtank

BOD loading = 3,920/120 = 32.7 lb/day/1000 ft3


Solution…
4. BOD loading (Ib/day/Ib of MLSS) = BOD load (Ib/day)/ MLSS in aeration
tank (Ib)

BOD loading = 3,920/17,600 = 0.22 lb/day/lb of MLSS

𝐶𝑜𝑛𝑐.𝑜𝑓 𝑀𝐿𝑆𝑆∗𝑉𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑘
5. Sludge age =
𝐸𝑓𝑓𝑙𝑢𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑠𝑠∗𝑄𝑠𝑠+𝑆𝑆 𝑖𝑛 𝑠𝑙𝑢𝑑𝑔𝑒∗𝑄𝑤𝑠

Sludge age = (2,350 x 0.898)/(26 x 3.67 + 11,000 x 0.0189) = 7 days


𝑽𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒌
6. Aeration period = = (0.898 x 24)/3.67 = 5.9 hr (24 was unit
𝑸𝒔𝒔
conversion)
Solution…
𝑹𝒆𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒏 𝒔𝒍𝒖𝒅𝒈𝒆 𝒇𝒍𝒐𝒘 ∗𝟏𝟎𝟎
7. Return sludge rate = ( 100 was to change to
𝑸𝒔𝒔
percentage)
= (1.27 x 100)/3.67 = 35 %
(𝑰𝒏𝒇𝒍𝒖𝒆𝒏𝒕 −𝑬𝒇𝒇𝒍𝒖𝒆𝒏𝒕)∗𝟏𝟎𝟎
8. BOD removal =
𝑰𝒏𝒇𝒍𝒖𝒆𝒏𝒕
= {(128 – 22) x 100}/128 = 83 %

𝑸𝒘𝒔 ∗𝑺𝑺 𝒊𝒏 𝒔𝒍𝒖𝒅𝒈𝒆


9. Sludge production = 𝑰𝒃
𝑩𝑶𝑫 𝒍𝒐𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈(𝒅𝒂𝒚)

=( 0.0189 x 11,000 x 8.34)/3,920


= 0.44 lb SS wasted/lb BOD applied

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