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Type-III and Type-IV Sedimentation

This document discusses type III and IV sedimentation processes used in wastewater treatment. It provides information on zone settling in continuous clarifiers, including that downward velocity of solids has two components: transport velocity due to sludge withdrawal and gravity settling. The document also includes a sample problem calculating the size of a clarifier needed to thicken solids based on influent MLSS concentration and flow rate, using settling velocity data from a column analysis.

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Type-III and Type-IV Sedimentation

This document discusses type III and IV sedimentation processes used in wastewater treatment. It provides information on zone settling in continuous clarifiers, including that downward velocity of solids has two components: transport velocity due to sludge withdrawal and gravity settling. The document also includes a sample problem calculating the size of a clarifier needed to thicken solids based on influent MLSS concentration and flow rate, using settling velocity data from a column analysis.

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Type-III and Type-IV Sedimentation

Sedimentation
 Suspended growth system (biomass mobile)
Design of secondary settling tank
 Concentrated suspensions (excess of 1000 mg/L)
 Upward displacement of water when particle settles
 Group of particles settles
 Velocity is inversely proportional to the concentration
(because of many variables)
 SST  solid concentration increased from reactor to the
clarifier underflow (XU)
 Settling velocity change and results in different zones
(called zone settling)
Zone settling Batch Analysis
Zone settling in Continuous clarifier

A Gt  GU  Gg
B

Downward velocity of solids in SST has two components:


1. Transport velocity due to withdrawal of sludge
2. Gravity settling of the solids relative to the water
Solid Flux Method – Coe & Clevenger (1916)
Design of Clarifiers
 A column analysis was run to determine the settling
characteristics of an activated-sludge suspension. The results
of the analysis are shown in the table below.

MLSS Conc. (mg/L) 1400 2200 3000 3700 4500 5200 6500 8200
Velocity (m/h) 3.0 1.85 1.21 0.76 0.45 0.28 0.13 0.089

The influent concentration of MLSS is 3000 mg/L and the flow


rate is 8000 m3/day. Determine the size of the clarifier that
will thicken the solids to 10,000 mg/L.
Solution to the problem
STEP 1. Calculate the solids flux, G = MLSS x Velocity

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