TABLE 1.

0 SHOWING THE SLUDGE BLANKET HEIGHT OF 50g,60g,70g and 80g AT DIFFERENT TIME
INTERVALS:
Time (hours) 50g Height 60g Height 70g Height 80g Height
(litres) (litres) (litres) (litres)
0 0.750 0.790 0.800 0.780
0.083 0.450 0.500 0.550 0.600
0.167 0.250 0.300 0.430 0.440
0.250 0.205 0.275 0.340 0.360
0.333 0.180 0.250 0.300 0.325
0.500 0.160 0.210 0.260 0.280
0.667 0.145 0.195 0.235 0.255

TABLE 1.1 SHOWING THE INITIAL AND FINAL WEIGHTS OF THE FILTER PAPERS THAT WERE USED
IN THE FSS METHOD:
50g Height 60g Height 70g Height 80g Height
Initial weight (grams) 0.65 0.65 0.64 0.64
Final weight (grams) 0.93 0.95 0.97 1.07

TABLE 1.2 SHOWING THE INITIAL AND FINAL WEIGHTS OF THE FILTER PAPERS THAT WERE USED
IN THE FSS METHOD:
Sludge Concentration (g) SVI(mg/L)
50
60
70
80

Sample
calculations :Based on 50
g Height sludge blanket values
Calculation of TSS
TSS=(Final weight – Initial weight)* 1000mg/g * 1/volume of water used
(0.93-0.65)g * 1000mg/g *1/0.1L
=3200
Conversion from mL to Litres
1ml * 1L / 1000
750ml* 1L/100
=0.750L
Conversion from minutes to hours
1min *1hour/60min
15minutes * 1hours/60 minutes
=0.250hours
Calculation of sludge volume index
SVI= SV30/XTSS
SVI=
Table 1.3 showing the sludge concentration and the TSS values
Sludge concentration TSS VALUE (mg/L)
50 2800
60 3000
70 3200
80 4300