ACTIVATED SLUDGE REACTOR CALCULATIONS

GIVEN VALUE UNIT

influent BOD5, So 0.13 kg/m3
Effluent BOD5, S 0.005 kg/m3
Flowrate, Qo 5200 m3/day
Y 0.5 kg/kg
kd 0.05 /day
MLSS, X 3 kg/m3
Recycle, Xr 10 kg/m3
Mean Cell Residence Time, Z 14 day
PARAMETERS
REACTOR VOLUME, Vr 892.1568627451 m3
VOLUME OF EXCESS SOLIDS, Qw 19.1176470588 m3/day
MASS OF EXCESS SOLIDS 191.1764705882 kg/day
Qr 2201.260504202 kg/day
RECIRCULATION RATIO, R 0.4233193277
OPERATING CONDITIONS
AERATION TIME, t 4.1176470588 hr
ORGANIC LOADING, OL 0.7577142857 kg BOD5/m3-day
F/M 0.2525714286 kg BOD5/ kg MLSS day
BOD REMOVAL EFFICIENCY 96.1538461538 %
SECONDARY CLARIFIER TANK CALCULATIONS

PARAMETERS VALUE UNIT

TOTAL FLOW, Q 1955206.175 gal/day
FLOW IN ONE TANK (n=3 tanks), Qc 651735.3916667 gal/day
OVERFLOW RATE 500 gal/day-ft2
SURFACE AREA, A 1303.470783333 ft2
DETENTION TIME-Automatic sludge removal 4 hr
VOLUME, V 14521.73332591 ft3
DEPTH, d 11.1408199643 ft
WIDTH, w 18.0518058884 ft
LENGTH, l 72.2072235537 ft
CROSS-SECTIONAL AREA, Ax 201.1119194343 ft2
FLOW THROUGH VELOCITY, Vf 0.3007332659 ft/min
WEIR LENGTH, Lw 43.4490261111 ft