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Q1) a) What do you understand by biological treatment of wastewater? List the
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treatment. [8]
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volume 10000 m3. MLSS in aeration tank is 3000 mg/l. If the sludge
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then find sludge age(days) and HRT ( hrs) if flow rate is 15000 m3/day
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with influent BOD 150 mg/l aimed to reduce BOD to 30 mg/l. Find F/M
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b) Conventional activated sludge plant is designed for a town to treat settled
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domestic sewage with diffused air aeration system for the given data as
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iii) Settled sewage BOD = 100 mg/l
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loading in kg BOD/m3
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c) Calculate the SVI (in ml/gm) for an activated sludge sample for the given
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Q3) a) What are Oxidation ponds? Explain the bacteria - algae symbiosis with a
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100 lpcd having 200 mg/l of BOD. A trickling filter having recirculation
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ratio 1.5 is design to produce effluent of BOD 20mg/l. The operating
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c) The volume of a single stage high-rate trickling filter having efficiency of
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factor = 0.9. Find the BOD entering the filter unit (in kg/day,). Use NRC
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kg of BOD in raw sewage per hectare meter per day. This filter treats a
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c) Find the recirculation factor (R), required for a single stage trickling filter
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of volume 800 m3 with recirculation having BOD load of raw sewage as
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800kg/day desired to have BOD load in the effluent as 200 kg/day. Use
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advantages and applications: [8]
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i) Up-flow Anaerobic Sludge Blanket (UASB)
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ii) Moving Bed Bio Reactor (MBBR)
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Q6) a) Explain the working principle with neat sketch of following terms with the
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advantages and applications: [8]
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b) Design the dimensions of septic tank for small colony of 165 persons
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rate of 120 lit per person per day. Assume suitable data if required. [6]
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wastewater. [4]
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Q8) a) Enlist any three different processes involved in sludge treatment. The
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moisture content of a sludge is found out to be 99%. After dewatering
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