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Calculation For Activated Sludge Process PDF

This document provides calculations for an activated sludge wastewater treatment process. Given input parameters like wastewater flow rate, influent BOD, cell residence time, and MLVSS concentration, it calculates the effluent BOD, aerator tank volume, hydraulic detention time, waste sludge production rate, oxygen demand, and required air flow and power. The results include an effluent BOD of 21.3 mg/L, tank volume of 345 m3, detention time of 8.28 hours, waste sludge production of 368 kg/day, oxygen demand of 462 kg/day, air flow requirement of 28.8 m3/min, and power need of 24.1 kW.

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Calculation For Activated Sludge Process PDF

This document provides calculations for an activated sludge wastewater treatment process. Given input parameters like wastewater flow rate, influent BOD, cell residence time, and MLVSS concentration, it calculates the effluent BOD, aerator tank volume, hydraulic detention time, waste sludge production rate, oxygen demand, and required air flow and power. The results include an effluent BOD of 21.3 mg/L, tank volume of 345 m3, detention time of 8.28 hours, waste sludge production of 368 kg/day, oxygen demand of 462 kg/day, air flow requirement of 28.8 m3/min, and power need of 24.1 kW.

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COMPUTATION FOR ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS

Wastewater Flow rate : 50 m3/hr =


3
1000 m /day

So = 600 BOD5 influent

θc = 5 Mean Cell Residence Time (set, usually 5 - 15 days)

Y = 0.6 Yield Coefficient (assume)


kd = 0.06 Decay Constant; assume, Range = 0.04 - 0.075 d-1, Typical = 0.06

MLVSS/MLSS = 0.75 (Assume Ratio)


F/M = 0.25 Food to Microorganism Ratio, range = 0.05 to 1.0

MLVSS = 4000 mg/L

Computation of Effluent BOD5 :

Assume Biological Solids in Effluent : 30 mg/L


65% is biodegradable

Biodegradable Portion of Effluent Biological Solids: 19.5 mg/L


BOD L of cells = 1.42 (Biodegradable Portion of Effluent Biological Soild)
= 27.69 mg/L

Degradable Fraction of Volatile Suspended Solids (VSS) : 0.7

BOD 5 of VSS in Effluent = 19.383 mg/L

1 U = Substrate Utilization Rate


Substrate Concentration, S = (1/θ c + k d )
UY

(F/M)E E = Process Efficiency, 90-95 percent


U = = 0.225
100

Therefore, S = 1.925926 mg/L

Total Effluent BOD5 = 21.30893 mg/L

Computation of Aerator Tank Volume


θcQY (So-S)
V = = 345.0427 m3
X(1+kdθc)

Compute for Hydraulic Detention Time:

V
θ = = 0.345043 day = 8.28102564 hours
Q

Quantity Of Sludge That Must Be Wasted Each Day

Px = YobsQ(So-S)

P x : net waste activated sludge produced each day, kg VSS/day


Y obs : observed yield, g/g
Y
= = 0.4615385 mg/mg
1+k d θ c

Px = 276.03 kg VSS/day

based on Total Suspended Solids:

Px (SS) = 368.05 kg/day

Compute Sludge Wasting Rate:

a. if wasting is accomplished from the aeration tank:


V
Qwa =
θc

3
= 69.00855 m /day

b. if wasting is done from the sludge return line:


VX
Qwr =
θcXr

3
= 86.2747 m /day

Oxygen Requirement

Q(So - S) 1 kg
kg O2/day = x - 1.42 Px
f 1000 g
= 462.423 kg O2/day

F/M = 0.434729

Volume of Air Required, assume air contains, 23.2% O2 by weight

3
Theo. Air Rate = 1659.619 m /day

Determine Actual Air Requirement assuming 8% oxygen transfer efficiency:

3
= 20745.24 m /day

3
= 14.40642 m /min

3
Design Air Requirement = 28.81283 m /min = 34.6042106 kg/min

Power required to meet oxygen requirement requirement, assume transfer rate is 0.8 kg O 2/kW h

= 24.08453 kW
75 d-1, Typical = 0.06

Utilization Rate

ficiency, 90-95 percent


e is 0.8 kg O 2/kW h

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