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CALCULATION
Note
For STP - 1200 m3/day

Doc Title Process Design Calculation Doc No. RWG22-001-001

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A) Process Description
A-1) Design Philosophy:
The sewage treatment plant is designed to treat domestic waste utilizing extended aeration type of activated sludge process.
The plant capacity is 1200 m3/day (2x600 m3/day) average daily flow.

The plant will mainly comprise of the following steps:

>> Inlet Lifting Station

Submersible pumps to lift raw sewage to plant inlet
>> Inlet Works:
Bar Screen
Grit & Grease trap
>> Balancing Tank
Balancing tank aeration system
Balancing tank pumps
>> Secondary treatment unit
Aeration Tanks
Settling Tanks
>> Tertiary Treatment Unit
Chlorine disinfection
Media Filtration
Backwash
>> Sludge Holding Tank
Aeration system for sludge holding

A-2) Design Conditions:

The size of the secondary & tertiary treatment is based on the average sewage flow. The plant capacity is limited by
the daily organic load or the maximum hydraulic flow which are included in the design data as follows;
Total average daily flow : 1200.0 m3/d
No. of streams: 2.0 Nos.
Average daily flow / stream: 600.0 m3/d
Average hourly flow (AHF) / stream: 25.0 m3/hr
Total peak hourly flow (3xAHF): 150.0 m3/hr
Oil & grease < 50 ppm
Influent BOD5 : 350.0 mg/l
Daily BOD5 Load : 420.0 kg/day
Influent TSS: 800.0 mg/l

Effluent Quality:
Effluent quality after secondary treatment, BOD5/TSS : 20/30 mg/l
Effluent quality after tertiary treatment, BOD5/TSS : 10/10 mg/l

A-3) Process Description:

I) Inlet Works
Raw sewage is discharged to the inlet chamber that is designed to maintain an acceptable approach velocity to the bar screen.
Following the bar screen the sewage gravitates into grit and grease trap of horizontal flow type.
Then the sewage gravitates to the balancing tank.
Inlet chamber has been sized for a retention time of 45 seconds of peak flow that is accepted per Egyptian Code

Bar Screen and its channel has been sized as per Egyptian Code with the following parameters:

Bar Spacing = 25mm

Bar Width = 10mm
Inclination Angle = 45 degree

For calculation details, refer to “Process Design Calculation”, detailed hereinafter

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II) Balancing Tank

Balancing tank is used to absorb peak fllow & load conditions.

The balancing tank is sized to hold the difference between peak and average flows for 2 hours, which is equivalent
to 4.4 hours retention of the average flow.
The balancing tank is areated by coarse bubble diffuser system to achieve proper mixing of the inlet raw sewage and to avoid
septic conditions & mal odors.
The same aeration blowers (3 x 980 m3/hr) are used to provide air to balancing tank.
The balancing tank pumps are used to transfer sewage to the plant at the average flow conditions. So the downstream units
(secondary & tertairy treatment units) are not disturbed by peak flow or load.

III) Aeration Tank

From balancing tank the waste water enters two aeration tanks with working capacity of 700 m3 each.
The aeration tanks provide a location where biological treatment of the waste water takes place, in these tanks bacteria,
microorganisms and waste water are mixed, aerated and maintained in suspension by bubbling air by using 3 air blowers
(2 duty + 1 standby) each of capacity 980 m3/hr at 550 mbar head and a group of fine bubble air diffusers.

The air contains the oxygen which is used by the aerobic bacteria in the process of "eating" the organic waste.
Aeration tank parameters including:
The content of the aeration tanks, which require a delicate balance of food & oxygen, are commonly referred
to as the mixed liquor suspended solids (MLSS) or activated sludge.

Organic load is 0.3 kg/m3.d, FM ratio (0.08 g BOD/g MLVSS.d ) and retention time is 28 hours approximately and
all parameters are with range recommended by ECP.
For calculation details, please refer to design calculations given hereinafter.

IV) Setting Tanks

The aerated water from the aeration tanks is then fed into 4 settlement tanks with working capacity dimension
5 mx 5m x 4m overall depth each.
The design of these tanks allows the sludge to separate from the effluent by gravity.
The size and geometry of the settling tanks provide a surface loading of 12 m3/m2/d at average flow and
Which accepted per Egyptian Code. For calculation details, refer to design calcualtion given hereinafter

The sludge settles in the central hopper at the base of the tanks. The returned sludge is sent back to the entrance of
the aeration tank by means of a positive air lift pump system, so as to maintain the correct MLSS value.
Valves are provided to redirect the surplus sludge to the sludge holding tank with working capacity of 91 m3.

X) Chlorine Contact Tank

The clarified effluent from the settlement tanks passes to the chlorine contact tank with working capacity 28m 3
at which the effluent is disinfected by dosing hypochlorite solution.
The Chlorine Contact Tank has been sized for 30 min retention time of the average flow.

XI) Tertiary Pressurized Filters

From the chlorine contact tank, the treated effluent is pressurized by 2 duty + 1 standby filter feed & backwash pumps ,
each of 25 m3/hr at 30 m head to three manually operated sand filters each of 1.8 m diameter for further removal of
suspended solids.
During back wash, all three pumps shall be used to backwash one filter at a time (one filter after the other).

The filter and pumps has been sized to achieve a filtration rate of 9.8 m 3/m2.h when 2 filters are running
& 6.5 m3/m2.h when 3 filters are running which is accepted as per ECP.
For calculation details, refer to design calcualtion given hereinafter.
Backwash waste is return back to balancing tank.

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XII) Sludge Holding Tank

Sludge from the settlement tanks is transferred by air lift pumps to the sludge holding tank with working capacity 91m 3
Which is sufficinet for sludge holding for 2.6 days.

The sludge holding tank is areated by coarse bubble diffuser system to achieve proper mixing of the sludge and to avoid
septic conditions & mal odors.

Note:-
The quality of effluent water is based on the design flow rates & the influent water characteristics, in case of any change in
flow rates or the influent water characteristics, the effluent water quality will change.

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B) Design Basis
Qaverage 1200.0 m3/d
0.014 m3/s
50.0 m3/h
Peak factor considered 3.0
Q peak 150.0 m3/h
Min factor considered 0.7
Qmin. 35.0 m3/h

The Peak Hydraulic flow has been considered while designing all the parts of the inlet works and balancing tank. While average flow
were considered for the rest of the plant structures. Such as for the aeration tank and final sedimentation tank

1 Inlet works Design :

Inlet works are designed based on peak flow
a- Inlet Chamber
Qpeak 150.0 m3/h
2.5 m3/min
Assume retention time 45 sec - (30 : 120 sec retention required pre ECP)
Volume 1.9 m3
Take D 1.5 m
Area = 1.3 m2
Take L 2.0 m
Calculated width 0.6 m
Take W= 0.7 m
Actual volume is
2.1 m3
Check retention time 50.4 sec Ok within range

Free board 0.5 m

Total D 2.0 m
L 2.0 m
W 0.7 m

a- Manual Screen:

Max. flow" Qmax." @ Peak= 0.042 m3/sec

Take number of units = 1.0 Duty

Flow per screen 150 m3/hr
0.04 m3/sec

Take width of screen "W" = 0.70 m

i: Determine water maximum velocity

Depth of screens will be the same as approach chanel
Depth at maximum flow "dmax." =Qmax/(Vmax*W) =
dmax = 0.6 m
Then max. approach velocity (Before screen) V1 = 0.10 m/sec
Range 0.3-0.6 m/sec Ref.: Metcalf & Eddy
Note: to minimize settling before screen - screen channel is very short 500 mm length.
ii: Determine of number of bars:
Angle of bars inclination"q" from horizontal = 45
Range: 30 - 45° Ref.: Metcalf & Eddy
Clear area through screen = n * L1 * s
Where;
n = number of space between bars

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L1( submerged depth of screen) 0.42 m

Add a free board = 0.60 m

Take total Height of screen 1.0 m
s = Clear space between bars (25 - 50 mm) = 0.025 m
Range: 25 - 50 mm Ref.: Metcalf & Eddy
Assume velocity between bars = 0.20 m/sec
(Suitable compared to channel approach velocity V1)
Clear area through screen = Qmax/V2 = 0.21 m2
Calculated number of spaces "n"= 19.64
Take number of space "n" = 20
Number of bars 21
iii: Determine of bars size "s' ":
W =(n-1) * s' + n * s
s' = bar width 0.0095 m
9.5 mm
Range: 5 - 15 mm Safe Ref.: Metcalf & Eddy
Take bar size = 10 mm
Actual Velocity between bars "V" = Qmax / (n*L1*s) = 0.20 m/sec
iv: Check of head loss through screen "HL":

( V 2
 v 2
)
H L 
2  g c
C: Coefficient of discharge 0.60 Ref.: ECP
HL = 0.002 m
<0.15 m Safe
b- Grit and grease removal Channel (Horizontal flow type)
.
Peak flow 0.042 m3/s
2.5 m3/min
No. of grit chambers 1.0 nos. 1 Duty

Flow per chamber 2.5 m3/min

0.0417 m3/s
Assume hydraulic Retention time 90.0 Sec As per ECP
Volume of chamber (channel) 3.8 m3
Take depth D 0.8 m
Width W 0.7 m
Calculated length L 6.70 m
Take length 7.0 m
Actual volume is 3.9 m3
Qavg. For grit chamber 2.5 m3/min
Actual retention time @ peak flow is : 1.6 min
45 to 90 sec as ECP
Check surface loading rate 244.9 m3/m2/day
OK <1000 3/m2/day
Because of the channel size (700 mm) - aeration shall not be effective for grit removal.
However, small amount of air shall be diffuesed in the grit chamber to enhance oil and grease removal.
20 m3 / hr or air shall be diffused in the grit chamber to enhance oil & grease separation
The aeration blower shall serve all air requirements for the plant including grit removal, balancing & sludge holding tanks.

Grit volume captured daily, assuming a value of 0.2 m 3/ 103 m3 at average flow
(Refer to Metcalf &Eddy 5th editionTable 5-17)
Grit volume captured daily at peak flow 0.7 m3/d
Grit shall be collected from channel bottom through manual valves - this is the common practice for such small plants & grit
removal channels.
Moreover grease /oil shall be collected at the top channel level through manual valves.

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3 Balancing Tank:
i. Tank volume
Average flow rate 1200.0 m3/d
50.0 m3/h
Peak flow rate 150.0 m3/h
Difference (Qpeak - Qaverage) 100.0 m3/h
Retention time for balancing tank 2 hrs
Calculated balancing tank volume 200 m3
Selected balancing tank volume 220 m3
Tank depth 4 m
Tank Length 21.2 m
Calculated tank width 2.59 m
Selected tank width 3 m
Actaul balancing tank volume 254.4 m3

ii. Balancing tank aeration requirements

Tank volume 254.4 m3
Air requirements for mixing 0.9 (m3/h air) / m3
Air flow required 228.96 m3/h (air)

The aeration blower shall serve all air requirements for the plant including grit removal, balancing & sludge holding tanks.

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4 Biological treament sizing:

i:Raw water characteristics

Total BOD level 350.0 mg/l

BOD for design = S0 350.0 mg/l

Qdesign 1200.0 m3/d

Q peak 3600.0 m3/d
BODinf. 350.0 mg/l
BODdes. 350.0 mg/l
COD 700.0 mg/l
So 350.0 mg/l
nbCOD 350.0 mg/l
TSSinf. 800.0 mg/l
TSS in filter backwash waste 640.0 mg/l
TSSdes. (Equivalent to Tss inlet & Tss Backwash waste) 795.0 mg/l
VSS 675.8 mg/l
VSS/TSS 0.85
TKN 25.0 mg/l (Assumed)
NH4OH-N 20.0 mg/l
TP 10.0 mg/l
bCOD/BOD 1.00 Unitless
Min. temp. 18.0 °C
Max. temp. 25.0 °C
Max. temp. 32.0 °C
Design Temp. 20.0 °C

Treated water characteristics (After Secondary Treatment)

BODeff. 20.0 mg/l
CODeff.=sCODe 60.0 mg/l
TSSeff. 30.0 mg/l

Treated water characteristics (After Tertiary Treatment)

BODeff. 10.0 mg/l
CODeff.=sCODe 50.0 mg/l
TSSeff. 10.0 mg/l

Kinetic coefficients for heterotrophic bacteria @20 C Table 8-14

μm 6.0 gVSS/gVSS.d @20⁰C
Ks 20.0 gbCOD/m3
Y 0.4 gVSS/bCOD
Kd 0.12 gVSS/gVSS.d @20⁰C
fd 0.15 Unitless
θ for μm 1.07 Unitless
θ for Kd 1.04 Unitless
θ for Ks 1.0 Unitless
nbVSS 101.4 mg/l

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Kinetic coefficients for nitrification @20 C

μmn 0.75 gVSS/gVSS.d @20⁰C
Kn 0.74 gNH4.N/m3
Yn 0.12 gVSS/g NH4.N
Kdn 0.08 gVSS/gVSS.d @20⁰C
Ko 0.5 g/m3
θ for μn 1.1 Unitless
θ for Kn 1.1 Unitless
θ for Kdn 1.0 Unitless
Use F.S for nitrif. 2.0 Unitless
DO min. 2.0 mg/l
I Determine the SRT required :
Assume effluent Nitrogen concentration to be 0.5g/m3
Ne n, mN 0.5 g/m3
DO
n  ( )( )  kdn
Kn  N K0  DO

μn 0.16 g/g.d
Theoretical SRT= 1/μn 6.2 day
Design SRT 12.4 day
Taken SRT 20.0 day
Actual F.S 3.2
II Sludge daily production:
a- Determination of biomass production (Pxbio ):

QdY ( So  S ) ( fd ) ( kd ) Qd( Y) ( So  S ) S RT QdYn( NOx )

Px,bio   
1( kd ) S RT 1( kd ) S RT 1( kdn ) S RT`
K s [1 ( k d ) S R T ]
S 
S R T( μm  k d )  1

Effluent Substrate (S) = 0.583 gbCOD/m3

Nox = 18.75 g/m3
Px,bio = 68.1 kgVSS/d

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III Amount of Nitrogen oxidized to nitrate

0 . 12 * P x , bio
NO x  TKN  N e 
Q av

Calculated NOx 17.7 g/m3

b- Determine of biomass production including Nonbiodegradable VSS in the influent:

nbVSS ~ 0.15 VSS 101.4 mg/l

Px , VSS  Px , bio  Q d * ( nbVSS )
Px,vss 189.76 kg/d
c- Determine the total mass of dry solids wasted/day includes TSS:
Px,TSS  (Px,bio ) / 0.85  Qd * (nbVSS)  Qd * (TSS  VSS)

Px,TSS 344.88 kg/d

Mass production of VSS, Xvss 3,795.23 kg

Mass production of TSS, XTss 6,897.68 kg

IV Reactor volume sizing :

MLSS 5000.0 MLSS mg/l ECP (2000-5000)

Total Volume = 𝑋 = 1,379.54 m3

𝑀𝐿𝑆𝑆/1000
Use No. of tanks 2.0 No.
Vol. required per tank 689.77 m3
Volume selected 695 m3
Water depth 4 m
Tank Length 17 m
Calculated width 10.22 m
Selected width 10.4 m
Actual aeration tank volume 1414.4

Actual detention time Ƭ @ Qavg. 28.29 hours

Fraction VSS 0.8 unitless
MLVSS 4000.0 g/m3

V Design Checks

Calculate observed yield

1- F/M ratio :

Qav  BOD inf

F /M 
XV

F/M ( w.r.t MLVSS)= 0.08 g BOD/g MLVSS.d OK

OK as ECP
F/M ( w.r.t MLSS)= 0.06 g BOD/g MLSS.d OK

2- Volumetric BOD loading :

Q av  BOD inf
Lorg 
Lorg = V 0.30 kg BOD/m3.d <0.4
OK as ECP

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VI Aeration requirements :

a: Theoritical O2 required for BOD removal & Nitrification:

Ro= Qav (So-S) - 1.42 PX.Bio + 4.33 Qav NOx
Ro = Theoretical O2 required
So = bCOD = 350.00 gm/m3
S= 0.58 g bCOD/m3
Ro Daily = 414 kg/d
Ro Hourly= 17 kg/hr
Ro Hourly per tank requirement @20°C= 9 kg/hr

b: Correction Factor for Standard Condition from Field Condition (Diffused Aeration)
Acceleration due to 2
g 9.8 m/sec
gravity
Molecular weight of air M 28.97 kg/kg-mole
Elevation of plant Zb 10 m (Assumed)
Ref. Elevation Za 0
2 2
Gas constant R 8314 kg.m /s .kg-mole.K
Design water temp in
T 1' 291.15 K
kelvin
Design water temp in
T 2' 305.15 K
kelvin
Minimum Water o
T1 18.0 C
Temperature
o
Max Water Temperature T2 32.0 C
Pb/Pa = exp[-gM(zb-za)/RT]
Pressure factor due to o
Pb/Pa 1.00 @ 18 C
altitude
Pressure factor due to o
Pb/Pa 1.00 @ 32 C
altitude
ADO saturation o
Cs,20 9.08 mg/l @ sea altitude, 20 C
concentration
ADO saturation o
Cs,T,H 9.07 mg/l @ plant altitude, 20 C
concentration
ADO saturation o
Cs,40 6.72 mg/l @ sea altitude, 32 C
concentration
ADO saturation o
Cs,T,H 6.71 mg/l @ plant altitude, 32 C
concentration
Patm,H = (Pb/Pa)*(Patm,H)/γ
3 o
Specific weight γ 9.798 kN/m @ 18 C
3 o
Specific weight γ 9.749 kN/m @ 32 C
2 o
Atmospheric pressure Patm,H 10.38 kN/m @ plant elevation & 32 C
α correction factor α 0.60 for fine bubble diffusers for MLSS < 5000 mg/l
Salinity surface tension correction fac
β 0.95
Diffuser fouling factor F 0.90
Liquid depth of the
d1 4.0 m
aeration tank
Point of air release d2 0.25 m For diffuser above the tank bottom level
Percent oxygen leaving
Ot 19 percent
aeration tank
Csα,T,H = Cs,T,H*1/2*[(Pd/Patm,H)+(Ot/21) Note-: For Surface Aerators, Csα,T,H = Cs,T,H
Csα,T,H = Cs,T,H*[(Patm,H+Pw,mid depth)/Patm,H]
ADO saturation o
Csα,T,H 10.28 mg/l @ 20 C
concentration
ADO saturation o
Csα,T,H 7.61 mg/l @ 37 C
concentration
T-20
AOTR = SOTR*[(β*Csα,T,H - CL)/Cs,20]*(1.024 )*(α)*(F) No/N = AOTR / SOTR
Operating oxygen
CL 2.0 mg/l
concentration
Correction factor = o
(No/N) 0.441 @ 18 C
AOTR / SOTR =
Correction factor = o
(No/N) 0.413 @ 32 C
AOTR / SOTR =

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c-Aeration Requirements
Standard oxygen transfer rate SOTR 20 kgO2/hr @18 degree C
Standard oxygen transfer rate SOTR 21 kgO2/hr @32 degree C
per meter of water depth (
Diffuser efficiency 20.6% 5.5%
above diffusers)
Density of air ρ 1.212 kg/m3 @ 15 0C
Amount of oxygen by
ρ' 0.281 kg O2/m3 @ 15 degree C
weight
Density of air ρ 1.156 kg/m3 @ 37 0C
Amount of oxygen by
ρ' 0.268 kg O2/m3 @ 32 degree C
weight
3
Required air flow rate 338 m /h @ 18 degree C
Required air flow rate 378 @ 32 degree C
Safety factor 1.90 (To ensure proper mixing)
Safe air flow rate
719 @ 32 degree C
required / tank

All aeration requirements shall be served by aeration blower including (Grit removal, balancing tank & sludge holding)

Air blower size

Aeration requirement for 3
1437 m /h
oxidation and mixing
3
Air flow for grit removal 20.0 m /h
3
Air flow for balancing 228.96 m /h
3
Air flow for sludge holding 78.0 m /h
3
Air required for air lift pumps 80.0 m /h (4 pumps each needs 20 m3/hr)

3
Total air requirements 1844.3 m /h

N. of air blowers 2.0 Duty

1.0 Standby

3
Calculated flow per air blower 922.2 m /h
3
Selected flow per air blower 980.0 m /h @ 500 mbar

5 Final Sedimentation Tank

Qav = 1200.0 m3/d

Number of tanks 4.0 Nos.

From reactor
Excess waste sludge produced is 344.9 kg/d
Sludge specific gravityPofW
sludge 1.005 gm/cm3
Q e-t  e -t
sp.gr of for
Solid concentration S ludge
waste  % S olids
sludge 1.00 %
(0.2 - 1)

Px,T SS
Q waste 
sp.gr of Sludge %solidcontent

Qwaste 34.3 m3/d

Return Activated Sludge "RAS" (Qr):

Qr * Xr = (Qav+Qr) MLSS

Q av  MLSS
Q r 
X r  MLSS
Xr º Concentration of solids in return sludge = 8000 - 10000
Xr = 10,000.00 mg/l

QRAS =Qr 1200.0 m3/d

"RAS" º Ratio of Qr to Qav 100.0 %

75 - 150 % Safe

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Calculating FST surface Area based on solid loading rate :

MLSS 5000.0 MLSS mg/l

5.0 kgm/m3
Length of tank = 5.0 m
Width of tank = 5.0 m
i- Check of Solid Loading Rate for the tanks:
Surface Area "S.A". = 25.0 m2
n= 4.0
Total Surface Area of the tanks "S.A" = 100.0 m2

( Q  Q r )  ML S S
S olid L oading 
S .A Ref.: Metcalf & Eddy

At Average Flow:
Inlet flow Qav= 1200.0 m3/d
Solid Loading Rate at Qav: 5.0 kg MLSS/m2.hr Ref.: Metcalf & Eddy
Range: 1 -5 kg MLSS/m2.hr Safe
As a balancing tank is considered no need to check solids loading at peak flow.

Check of surface loading rate "S.L.R.":

Q
S .L .R .  Ref.: Metcalf & Eddy
π
( n  φ 2
)
4

At average flow: Ref.: Metcalf & Eddy

SLRav = 12.0 m3/m2.d
Range: 8-16 m3/m2.d safe

As a balancing tank is considered no need to check surface loading at peak flow.

Return Activated Sludge (RAS) Pumps

RAS pumps :
No. of pumps 4.0 Duty (1 for each clarifier)
Flow per pump 12.5 m3/h
Selected pump flow 12.5 m3/h
Airlift pump shall to be used for RAS

Waste Activated Sludge (WAS) Pumps

Q WAS 34.3 m3/d

WAS Pumps:
No. of pumps 4.0 (Same RAS pumps)
Flow per pump 12.5 m3/h

Note: the WAS flow is intermittent.

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6 Chlorine Contact Tank

Qav = 50.0 m3/hr
No. of tanks 1.0 No.
R.T. = 20 - 30 min 30.0 min
Chlorination Dose = 7 - 10 mg/L = 10.0 mg/L
Volume of contact tanks "V" = Qp * R.T. = 25.0 m3
Take "L" = 7.6 m
Take D 3.5 m
Then calculated W = 0.9 m
Take W 1.0
Actual volume "V" = 26.6 m3
Actual R.T. = 31.9 min

7 Sludge Holding Tank

Sludge quantity per day 34.3 m3/day

sludge holding tank retention 2.0 days
Sludge tank volume 68.6 m3

Sludge depth in tank 3.8 m

Tank length 7.6 m
Tank width 2.4 m
Selected tank width 3.0 m

Actual tank size 86.6 m3

Aeration requirement for mixing 0.9 (m3/h air) / m3

Mixing air required 78.0 m3/hr

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 TITLE Process Calculation DATE 18/07/2023

PROJECT STP - SIP CAPACITY 1,200 m3/d

Ridgewood OWNER Elsewedy T&D REV. 0

Group CONSULTANT Cosmos PROJECT NO. RWG22-001

8 NaOcl Dosing Pump

Avg. dose 10.0 ppm

Design dose 15.0 ppm
Design flow rate 1200.0 m3/day
50.0 m3/hr
NaOCl Concentration 12%
Required dosing flow 150.0 l / day
6.3 lph
calculated pump flow 8.9 lph (70% pump efficiency)
Selected pump flow 10.0 lph
Dosing tank (24 hours) 240 Litre
Selected tank size 500.0 Litre

9 Pressurized Filter
i) Filter Design
Filter flow 1200.0 m3/day
50.0 m3/hr
No. of filters 2.0 No. + 1 in BW
Filtration rate 10.0 m3/m2 h
Area required per filter 2.5 m2
Calc. Filter diameter 1.78 m
Selected filter diameter 1.8 m

Filter Backwash rate 29.0 m3/m2 h

Required BW pump rate 73.8 m3/hr

Filter Feed / BW pumps

Quantity 2.0 Duty
1.0 Standby / BW assist
The standby / Backwash assist pump shall work in Backwash with the other duty pumps to achieve flow of 75 m3/hr required for Backwash -
(only 20 - 30 minutes per day)

Flow rate / pump 25.0 m3/hr

Head 30.0 m

ii) Backwash Waste Flow Rate

TSSin to filters 30.0 mg/l

TSSout 10.0 mg/l

Solids loading /day 36.0 kg/day

Backwash duration / filter 10.0 min
Backwash flow rate 75.0 m3/hr
Backwash water/ filter 12.5 m3
3
Backwash water for 3 filters 37.5 m /day
TSS concentration in backwash return 640.0 ppm

Backwash waste shall be returned to plant entry.

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