974 | Chapter 9 Attached Growth ond Combinad Bickogjical Treatment Processes 9-12 9-13 Trickling filter: Plastic packing treatability coefficient, Kay = Q.18(L/8)°54m? Packing depth = 6.13 Nusaber of towers = 2 ‘50 percent of theoretical effluent BOD is soluble, Aotivated sludge: SRT = 5.0 d (0 nicrfiewtion} MLSS = 3000 me/L, Biomass yield, ¥, = 0.6 g VSS/g BOD removed Endogenous decay, by 0.12 x VSSig VSS-d UBOL/BOD = 1.6 Wastewater characteristics: tem Unit Valve Flow mid 8000 BOD mg/L L150} B (240) cq) 3800 gil 80 188 g/t 65 vss g/L 55 rbVSS g/t n Temperate °C 12 Note: Value A, B, or C10 be solocted by instructor Which design is preferred? State your reasons. [An existing activated-sindge facility with primary weatment is operated at an SRT of 12 d and minimal temperature of 12°C so that complete nitrification is maintained. The system is operated ‘with an MLSS concentration of 2200 mg/L, and the SV1 is generally in the range of 180 to 200 mig, At these conditions, dhe weatment flow is 8,000 m'id. The city engineer requests that your firm design a plastic tower prctrealment system for about 60 percent BOD removal before the activated-sludge unit, You are co hist for the city engineer the potential impacts of converting the existing activated-sludge process (0 a TRIAS process, including flow capacity, solids production, oxygen requirements, energy demand, sludge setting characteristics, and effluent NH,-N and BOD concentrations, Provide sat explanation of the basis of your opinion on the potential impacts. Prepare 2 plot of soluble BOD removal efficieney in percent versus contact time in minutes for a contact taak to be used in a’CF/SC process, The operating conditions are: 1, Temperarure = 12, 15, or 18°C (value to be selected by instructor) 2. MLYSS = 2000 mg/L. 3, fy = AG X 10" Limg-minO14 O15 Problems and Discussion Topics | 975 ‘An industria waste is to be meted with a tower trickling filter followed by an activated-sludge [process (TAS process). The wastewater flnvvrate is 20,000 md and is equalized. Primary set- fling is not used because the wastewater contains mainly soluble organic substances, The tower trickling filter contains conventional plastic packing medium and the operational SRT for the activated: siudge process 15 «0 be 5 d during the ecitical summer period and vary from $ 10 15 d during the winter. The lowest average sustained winter temperature (at Icast two weeks} is S°C and the highest average sustarned summer temperature is 26°C. The characteristics of the indus- itial waste, data derived fzom pilot-plant studies, and related design daca are presented below. Using these data, size the units and determine the following 4. Concentration of mixoe liquor suspended solids to be mainined during summer and winter operation Recycie rates around the filter and activated-sludge process Quantity of sludge to e disposed Fffluent BOD concentration from the trickling and activated-sludge processes Quantity of nateiens that mast be aded. DRE ‘Wastewater characteristics BOD, = 1260, 1500, or 1800 mg/L (value to be selected by instector) TSS = 100 mg/L, VSS = Ome/L. Total murogen as 8 = 10 my Total phosphorus as P = + ml ‘Trickling filter pilor-plant results: kaye = 0.075 (Lisi is" Net solids yield = 05 g VSSfz BOD removal ‘Temperature corrcetion value. # = 1.06 Activated-sludge pilot-plani results: Solids syathesis yield, ¥ ~ 0.6 g VSS/g BOD removal Endogenous decay, ky = 0.12 gVSSig VSS 0g BOD/g VSS-4 K, = 90 mg BOD/L. @ = 1.035 Design parameters: “Trickling filter hydraulic apphcation rate = 0.10 m'%m!-min Activated-shidge SRT: summer = 5 d: winter = S154 The following wastewster s to he weited with an upllow attached growth process fer BOD removal only (assume the Biostyr® process) 1 achieve un effluent BOD concentration of 20 mg/L or fess. Assume a medi depth of 2 m and meximam surface area of 100 mn? for the Bio~ styr@ process. Determine (a) the reuctor ‘volume and number of Biostyr® units, and (b) the area requirements of plastic ower trichling filter and secondary clarifier © weal dhe sume waste- ‘water, Compare the area requirements for the two processes. Assume a plastic packing depth of 6.1 m, « packing treatabilily coelficient of 0.21 (Lis/"*/m*, and 20°C.976 Chapter 9 Attached Growth ond Combined Biological Treatment Processes Design wastewater characternsies Parameter Unit Value co mg/L 400 Flow m/d (15,000) 8 (18,000) € (20,000) BOD mg/L 160 185 g/t 80 Temperature c 18 Note. Value A, 8, or C to be selected by inskuctor 9-16 A secondary effluent has the follow ing characteristics: Parameter Unit Value Flowrate md 5000 185 ma/t 15 NOyN mg/l 30 Temperatura c 18 Design a dowaflow denitrification (iter with « sand media depth of 1.6 m to reduce the NOy-N to an effluent concentration of 4.0. 20, or 1.0 mg/L {value to be determined by instructor). Deter- imine the following: 1. Denitrification filter medis volume: m* 2, Filter hydraulic application cow. "fad 3. Number of filters and filter dimensions, assuming square tanks with ¢ maximum dimension of 10 mby 10m 4, Methanol dose in mg/L and kd 5, Amount of solids produced, ke/d REFERENCES ‘Aesoy, A., H. Odegaard, K. Bach, R. Pujel, and M, Hamon (1998) “Denitrification in a Packed Bed Biofilin Reactor (Biofor) Fxperiments with Different Carbon Sources,” Water Research, vol. 32, no. 5, pp. 1463-1470. Albertson, O. E. (1989) “Optimizing Rotary Distsihutor Speed for Trickling Filters.” Warer Poilution Control Fedierazion Operators Forum, vol. 2, 0.1. ‘Albertson, 0. E. (1995) “Excess Biofilm Control by Distributor Speed Modulation,” Journal Favironmensal Engineering, vol, 121. p. 330. ‘Albertson, O. E, und G. Davies (1984) “Analysis of Process Factors Controlling Performance of Plastic Bio-Packing,” Proceedings of the 57th Annual Water Poilution Control Federation Conference, New Orleans. Albertson, O. E., and R. 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