Roll No.

M.Tech ( Full Time ) END SEMESTER EXAMINATIONS, NOV/ DEC 2016

Common to

Chemical Engineering & Petroleum Refining and Petrochemicals

CL 7015 Waste Water Engineering

(Regulation 2015)

Time: 3 Hours Answer ALL Questions Max. Marks 100

PART-A (10 x 2 = 20 Marks)

1. List the sources and types of industrial wastewater.

2. What is Bioassay test?

3. Given that the influent to UASB reactor has the following characteristics: BOD = 350
mg/l, COD = 820 mg/l, TSS = 395 mg/l, VSS = 270 mg/l, flow rate = 1000 m 3/d, depth
of sludge blanket = 2.2 m, Reactor height = 5 m, effective coefficient = 0.85. Average
concentration of sludge in the reactor is 70 kg/m 3 and sludge wasted per day is
315 kg/m3. Determine HRT for sludge age of 30 days, assuming 80% BOD removal
efficiency.

4. Write down the design equation to determine the solid retention time in Sequential
Batch Reactor.

5. Outline the factors considered to evaluate a Membrane Bio reactor system.

6. What is the mechanism of photocatalytic treatment of wastewater?

7. How the cyanide from industrial wastewater is removed?

8. Write about an important factors consider for aerobic digestion of sludge.

9. What are the methods of conditioning of sludge without chemicals?

10. Write short notes on Industrial estates.

 Part – B ( 5 x 13 = 65 marks)

11. a.i) Explain in detail about Industrial Waste Survey. (9)

ii) Determine graphically the 48h and 96h LC50 values in percent by volume for the (4)
follow toxicity test data.

Concentration of waste Number of test Number of test animal dead after

% by volume animals
48h 96h

60 20 16 20

40 20 12 18

20 20 8 16

10 20 4 12

5 20 0 6

2 20 0 2

(OR)

b) Explain in detail about common effluent treatment plant with a case study. (13)

12. a) Brief the concept of Sequential batch Reactor in wastewater Treatment and
(13)
derive the model for it.

(OR)

b.i) Estimate mass and volume of sludge produced in a Primary Sedimentation tank
from precipitation of Phosphorus with lime. Assume 60% of the TSS is removed
without the addition of lime and that the addition of 400 mg/lit of Ca (OH) 2 results
in an increased removal of TSS of 85%. Assume the following data : Wastewater
flow rate is 1000 (m3/d) , Wastewater TSS is 220 (mg/lit), Wastewater volatile
TSS is 150 (mg/lit), Wastewater PO43- is 10 (mg/lit), Wastewater total hardness
as CaCO3 is 241.3 (mg/lit), Wastewater Ca2+ is 80 (mg/lit), Wastewater Mg2+ is
 10 (mg/lit), Effluent PO43- is 0.5(mg/lit), Effluent Ca2+ is 60(mg/lit), Effluent Mg2+ is
0(mg/lit), Chemical sludge Properties: specific gravity is 1.07, Moisture content is
92.5%. Without addition of Chemical sludge produced properties: Specific gravity
is 1.03, Moisture content is 94%. (13)

13. a.i) Explain the process of nutrient removal from wastewater. (8)

ii) Explain the mechanism of ozonation in wastewater treatment. (5)

(OR)

b.i) Explain a method used as an alternative to conventional solid liquid separation in

wastewater treatment. (13)

14. a) Design a gravity thickener for a wastewater treatment plant having primary and
waste activated sludge with the following characteristics:

Type of sludge Specific gravity Solids% Flow rate(m3/d)

Primary sludge 1.03 3.4 420

Waste activated 1.005 0.23 2500

sludge

Assume specific gravity of combined sludge is 1.02 and solids loading rate is
50 kg/m2d. (13)

(OR)
b) Design an aerobic digester to treat the waste sludge produced by the activated
sludge treatment plant. Assume the following conditions apply:
(i) The amount of waste sludge to be digested is 2057 kg TSS/day.
(ii) The minimum and maximum liquid temperatures are 15°C for winter
operation and 25°C for summer operation.
(iii) The system must achieve 40% volatile solids reduction in the winter.
(iv) The minimum Solids Retention Time for both summer and winter conditions

is 60 days. From the plot the volatile solid reduction in winter is 45% and
summer is 50%.
(v) Waste sludge is concentrated to 3% by using gravity belt thickener.
 (vi) The specific gravity of the waste sludge is 1.03.
(vii) Sludge concentration in the digester is 70% of the incoming thickened
sludge concentration.
(viii) The reaction rate coefficient kd is 0.06 day-1 at 15°C.
(ix) Volatile fraction of digester Total suspended solid is 0.80.
(x) No primary solids are included in the influent to the digester.
(xi) Influent and digester suspended solid is 30000 g/m3.
(xii) Oxygen requirement for both summer and winter is 2.3 kg O 2 / kg of VSS
destroyed.

(xiii) Assume transfer efficiency of oxygen is 10%.

(13)

15. a) Explain the case study of Textile Industries wastewater Treatment with a neat
sketch. (13)

(OR)

b) Explain Dairy Industry Wastewater Treatment with a neat sketch. (13)

Part – C ( 1x 15 = 15 marks)

16. Explain the method of dewatering and disposal of sludge with a neat sketch. (15)