Wat

erTr
eat
ment

Gr
oupAssi
gnment

1.Af l
occulati
onbasi ndesi gnedtotreat50,000m3/ dofwat eris21
ml ong,15m wi de, and3. 60m deep.Thepaddl e-
wheel unitsconsist
offourhor i
zontal shaft
st hatrot
ateat4r pm.Theshaf t
sar elocated
perpendiculartothedi r
ect i
onoff l
owatmi d-depthoft hebasi n.Each
shaftisequippedwi thfourpaddlewheel s3m i ndiamet erandeach
wheel hasfourbl ades3. 30m longand150mm wi dewithtwobl ades
l
ocatedoneachsi deoft hewheel .Thebladesar e300mm apar t
.
Assumet hewat erv el
ocitytobe30%oft hev el
ocityofthepaddl es
andt hatthewat ertemper atureis10oC.Deter mine:

1.Thepoweri
nputt
othewat
er

2.Thev
eloci
tygr
adi
ent

3.Ther
etent
iont
ime

4.TheGtv
alue

2.Thepopul
ati
onofat owni s100,000andtheaveragepercapi
ta
demandis100li
tres/day/capit
a.Designabaff
ledchambertype
fl
occul
ati
onsystem forsupplyingwatertot
het own.Themaximum
demandmaybet akenas1. 5ti
mest heaver
agedemand.Det ent
ion
peri
od30minutesf orfl
occulentchamber.
3.Yourbosshasassi gnedyout hejobofdesigningarapid-mixtank
forthenewwat ertr
eatmentplantforat own.Thedesi
gnf lowrateis
0.050m3/ s.Theaveragewatertemper atur
eis8C.Thef ollowi
ng
designassumptionsforarapi
d-mixt ankhavebeenmade:

Numberoft
anks:
1(wi
th1backup)

Tankconf
igur
ati
on:
cir
cul
arwi
thl
i
qui
ddept
h=1.
0m

Det
ent
iont
ime=5s

Vel
oci
tygr
adi
ent=750s-
1

I
mpel
l
ert
ype:
tur
bine,
6fl
atbl
ades,
Np=3.
6

Av
ail
abl
eimpel
l
erdi
amet
ers:
0.25,
0.50,
and1.
0m

Desi
gnt
her
api
d-mi
xsy
stem bypr
ovi
dingt
hef
oll
owi
ng:

a.Wat
erpoweri
nputi
nkW

b.Tankdi
mensi
onsi
nm

c.Di
amet
eroft
hei
mpel
l
eri
nm

d.Rot
ati
onal
speedofi
mpel
l
eri
nrpm

4.Howmuchal kali
nit
y(asCaC03)isconsumedbyadoseof60mg/L
ofeachofthefoll
owingcoagul
ants:Al
2(S04)
3.14H2O,
Fe2(S04)
3,
andFeCl3?Ift
hewat erhasal
kali
nit
yof100mg/LasCaCO3,
det
ermineaddit
ionalli
merequi
red.