Problem 1.

Municipal waste water treatment plant. Consider a municipal water treatment plant for a
community (Fig P1.1). Waste water 32.000 m3/day, flows through the treatment plant with a
mean residence time of 8 hr, air is bubbled through the tanks, and microbes in the attack and
break down the organic material
microbes
(organic waste) + O2 CO2 + H2O

A typical entering feed has a BOD (biological oxygen demand) of 200 mg O2/liter , while the
effluent has a negligible BOD. Find the rate of reaction , or decrase in BOD in the treatmen
tanks.

Waste water Waste water Clean water

32.000 m3/day treatment plant 32.000 m3/day

200 mg Mean residence Zero O2 Needed

O2needed/liter time t= 8 hr

( Figure P1.1)
Penyelesaian :
r 1 dN O2
O2 =
V dt

8 jam = 1/3 day

1 m3
Volume = day ×32000 =10666,6667 m3
3 day
O2 digunakan
mg 1 gram 1 mol O2 1000 liter 32000 m3 1 day
200 × × × × ×
liter 1000 mg 32 gram 1 m3 day 86400 s

mol O2
¿ 2,3148
s
r 1 dN O2
O2 =
V dt

1 mol O 2 −4 mol O 2
¿ × 2,3148 =2,17 ×10
10666,6667m 3 s m3 s