PT BANYU BIRU SEJATI

Water and Waste Water Treatment Contractor

Bumi Satria Kencana, Block C No. 9
Jln. KH Noer Ali, Bekasi 17144
Tel. 021-8841762 Fax. 021-8856176

PROCESS FLOW DIAGRAM WITH MATERIAL BALANCE

FOR SEWAGE TREATMENT UNIT
CAPACITY : 4500 m3/day
A. Design Data
01. Primary influent flow rate (Q0)

3
4500 m /day

02. BODin concentration (S0)

600 mg/L

03. TSSin concentration (X0)

300 mg/L

04. Volumetric Loading Rate (VL)

05. Aeration tank MLSS (X)

2500 mg/L

06. % Volatile solids in Aeration tank MLSS (% Vol)

75 %

07. Waste activated sludge SS concentration (Xw)

5000 mg/L

08. Effluent BOD concentration (Se)

50 mg/L

09. Effluent SS concentration (Xe)

50 mg/L

10. Process Employed

3
0.3 kg/BOD/day/m

Activated sludge in Extended

Aeration

STU Flow Diagram & Paramaters

STU 4500 m with Material Balance

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B. Design Calculation of Material Balance for STU

01. Aeration tank Volume (V)

02. Hydraulic Retention Time (HRT)

03. Food to Microorganism ration (F:M)

3
9,000 m

48 hours
0.16 kg BOD/day/kg MLVSS

Volume (V) = (S0*Q0/1000)/VL

V

3
9,000 m

HRT = 24*(V/Q0)
HRT =

48 hours
F:M = (S0*Q0)/(% Vol*X*V)

F:M =

0.16 kg BOD/day/kg MLVSS

3
150 m /day

04. Waste activated sludge flow rate (Qw)

05. Sludge retention time (also called sludge age), SRT

30 days

06. Recycle activated flow rate (Qr)

3
3960 m /day

07. % Qr/Q0

88 %

Qw = (V*X)/(SRT*Xw)
Qw

STU 4500 m with Material Balance

3
150 m /day

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Aeration Tank Material Balance

Qr = Q0*(X-X0)/(Xw-X)
Qr

Qr/Q0 =

3
3960 m /day

88 %
SolidsOut = (Qe*Xe)+(Qw*Xw)

Where:
Qe = Q0-Qw
Qe
SolidOut

3
4,350 m /day

967.5 kg/day

13545 kg/2 weeks

Note:
* The sludge wasted from Aeration Tank will only be carried out when the MLSS is around 5000 ppm or
more
* Not all of the sludge in Aeration Tank will be taken out
* The remaining sludge should be kept in order to maintain the MLSS at 2000 - 3500 ppm in Aeration
Tank

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PT BANYU BIRU SEJATI

STU 4500 m with Material Balance

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