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Example 1
Calculate the BOD loading, hydraulic loading, BOD
removal efficiency, and effluent BOD concentration of a
single-stage trickling filter based on the following data:
Design assumptions:
BOD load
Volume of filter
E1
100
w1
1 0.4432
VF
100
E1
1 0.4432
w1
VF
1 R
1 0 .5
1.36
2
2
(1 R / 10)
(1 0.5 / 10)
100
1 0.4432
0.37
1.36
81.2%
BOD=200mg/L
E1
Primary
Clarifier
100
w1
1 0.4432
VF
TF1
TF2
Secondary BOD=25mg/L
Clarifier
100
E2
0.4432 w2
1
1 E1 VF
1 R
2
F
2 = (1+2)/ (1+0.2) = 2.08
(1 R / 10)
100
w1
1 0.4432
VF
V= 388 m3
64.6
100
1 0.4432
1234
V (2.08)
100
0.4432 w2
1
1 E1 VF
100
64.6
0.4432
437
1
1 0.646 V (2.08)
V= 1096 m3
Plastic media
Plastic media
Schulze formula
The liquid contact time (t) of applied wastewater
CD
t n
q
Where:
t = liquid contact time, min
D= depth of media (m)
q = hydraulic loading, (m3/m2/h)
C, n = constants related to specific surface &
configuration of media
Plastic media
hydraulic loading (q)
Q
q
A
Where:
Q= influent flow rate L/min
A=filter cross section area m2
Se
( kD / q n )
e
So
Where:
Se= BOD concentration of settled filter effluent, mg/L
So= influent BOD concentration to the filter, mg/L
k=wastewater treatability and packing coefficient, (L/s)0.5/m2
D=packing depth, m
q= hydraulic application rate of primary effluent, excluding recirculation, L/m2*s
n=constant characteristic of packing used (assumed to be 0.5).
unit
Primary effluent
Flow
m3/d
15,140
BOD
mg/L
125
20
TSS
mg/L
65
20
Temp
14
Target effluent
Solution
(1) Diameter of tower trickling filter, m
a. Correct k for temperature effect
e
solve for " q". q 0.3875 L / m 2 s
So
125
Q
15,140 m 3 / d
175.2 L / s
2
A
452
.
2
m
q 0.3875 L / m 2 s 0.3875 L / m 2 s