A bonus example BOD problem:

A BOD analysis is begun on Monday. 40 mL of waste with D.O. = 0

is mixed with 260 mL of dilution water with a D.O. of 10 mg/L. The
sample is then put in the incubator. Since the 5
th
day falls on Saturday,
and lab personnel do not work on Saturday, the final D.O. does not get
measured until Monday, the 7
th
day. The final D.O. is measured at
3.5 mg/L. However is is discovered that the incubator was set at 30
o
C.
Assume that k
1
= 0.2/day at 20
o
C and that = 1.05. Determine the
of the waste.
20
5
C
BOD

Solution: first use mass balance to compute the initial D.O. for
the test.
Initial D.O. =
40 0 260 10
8 67
40 260
W W D D
W D
V (D.O.) V (D.O.)
V V
mL( mg/L) mL( mg/L)
. mg/L
( )mL
+ ++ +
+ ++ +
+ ++ +
= = = = = = = =
+ ++ +
We know on Monday D.O. = 3.5 mg/L
= 8.67 - 3.5 = 5.17 mg/L (for the diluted waste)
30
7
C
BOD


Next find the k
1
value at 30
o
C.
20 30 20
30 20
2 1 05 0 326
(T ) ( )
C C
k k . ( . ) . / day


= = = = = = = = = = = =
Now find L
O
.
30
1
7 30
7
1
C
k ( ) C
O
BOD L e


( ( ( (
= = = =
( ( ( (

326 7
5 17 1
. ( )
O
. L e

( ( ( (
= = = =

or
Solving, L
O
= 5.75 (for the diluted waste)
Note: L
O
is constant and independent of temperature
or how long the test lasts.
Now we can find
20
5
C
BOD

( (( ( ) )) )
20
1
5 20
5 5
1
C
k ( ) C
O
y BOD L e


= = = = = = = =
( (( ( ) )) )
20 2 5
5
5 75 1 3 64
C . ( )
BOD . e . mg/L

= = = = = = = =
And remember that this value is for the waste at a
dilution of 40 ml/300 mL.
So
20
5
300
3 64 27 3
40
C
BOD . . mg/L

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