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Design Calculations: Flash Mixing Tank

The document provides design calculations for various components of a wastewater treatment system, including: 1) A flash mixing tank with a volume of 1 cubic meter to provide 2.5-5 minutes of hydraulic retention time for a 10 cubic meter per hour flow. 2) A flocculation tank with a volume of 5 cubic meters to provide 15-30 minutes of hydraulic retention time for the same 10 cubic meter per hour flow. 3) A clarifier with a surface area of 10 square meters and volume of 30 cubic meters to treat an average daily flow of 240 cubic meters per day.

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Design Calculations: Flash Mixing Tank

The document provides design calculations for various components of a wastewater treatment system, including: 1) A flash mixing tank with a volume of 1 cubic meter to provide 2.5-5 minutes of hydraulic retention time for a 10 cubic meter per hour flow. 2) A flocculation tank with a volume of 5 cubic meters to provide 15-30 minutes of hydraulic retention time for the same 10 cubic meter per hour flow. 3) A clarifier with a surface area of 10 square meters and volume of 30 cubic meters to treat an average daily flow of 240 cubic meters per day.

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DESIGN CALCULATIONS

Flash Mixing Tank

HRT based design – 2.5 minutes to 5 minutes

Flow – 10 m3/hr

Tank volume = (10 m3/60) x 5 = 0.833 m3 = say 1m3

Rule – L = W= D = 1m x 1m x 1m SWD + 0.3 m FB

FLOCULATION Tank

HRT based design – 15 minutes to 30 minutes

Flow – 10 m3/hr

Tank volume = (10 m3/60) x 30 = 5 m3

Rule – L = W = 1.5 m x 1.5 m x 2.25 m SWD + 0.3 m FB

CLARIFIER :

Rule - 16 – 32 M3/M2/DAY
FLOW – 10 M3/Hr = 240 m3/day

240 m3/day divided by 24 m3/m2/day = 10 m2 surface area required.

SWD – 2.5 to 4 m ( Average 2.5 or 3 m)

10 m2 surface area x 3 m swd = 30 m3 Volume

Convert 10 m2 into circular surface area , Hence 3m dia x 3 m SWD


Aeration Tank :

AT Volume = Flow m3 x BOD destroyed Kg/m3

F/m kg/kg x MLSS Kg/m3

F/m – Normal range – 0.1 to 0.6


MLSS -Normal range – 2500 to 5000 mg/lit = 2.5 to 5 kg/m3
BOD destroyed – Whatever is the inlet BOD to the Aeration tank minus expected outlet BOD

For eg.
Flow – 10m3/hr = 240 m3/day
Inlet BOD - 330 ppm
Outlet BOD - 30 ppm
BOD destroyed – 330 – 30 = 300 ppm = 300 mg/lit = 300 gms/m3 = 0.3 kg/m3
F/m - Assume 0.3
MLSS - Assume 3000 mg/lit = 3 kg/m3

{(240 x 0.3)/ (0.3 x 3)} = 80 m3 Aeration tank volume. – HRT = 8 Hours.


Air blower :

Air blower m3/hr


= (Flow m3/day x kg BOD destroyed x Oxygenation factor -KgO2 per kg BOD)

(1.21 x 0.23 x 24 x Oxygen Transfer efficiency – OTE- %)

Flow – 240 m3/day


Inlet BOD - 330 ppm
Outlet BOD - 30 ppm
BOD destroyed – 330 – 30 = 300 ppm = 300 mg/lit = 300 gms/m3 = 0.3 kg/m3
O2 factor - 1.2 to 2.5 kgO2 per Kg BOD destroyed.

Constants
1.21 - Air density
0.23 - % of Oxygen in air
24 - 24 hours in 1 day

OTE - 5% per meter of liquid depth.

(240 x 0.3 x 1.5) Div by (1.21x 0.23 x 24 x 0.2) = 80 m3/Hr air required
MBBR Design

8 to 24 gms BOD per m2 media surface area.

Inlet BOD – 330 ppm


Outlet BOD – 30 ppm
BOD destroyed - 300 ppm = 300 gms/m3

240 m3 flow x 300 gms BOD = 72,000 gms BOD to be destroyed per day.

Between 8 to 24 – Assume a figure, Say 10 gms BOD/m2

10 gms BOD ------------- 1 m2 media surface area


72,000 gms BOD ------- 7200 m2 media surface area

1m3 media = 400 to 500 m2, so 7200 m2 divided by 400 m2/m3 = 18 m3 media.

If media is 18 m3, anything from 3 to 5 times should be Tank volume

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