SCREEN CHANNEL DESIGN

Approach Channel
Using continuity equation,

where:

Qd
Ac
Va
W
d

design flow, m3/s

channel cross section, m2
Velocity in the approach channel, m/s
channel width
water depth in the channel, m

where:

As

bar screen cross section, m2

inclination angle of the scren

where

S
tbar

space between bars, m

thickness of bar screens, m

Bar screen cross section

Bar screen net area available for flow

Number of bars in the screen

head loss, hL

(Metcalf and Eddy, 2003)

Parameter
Flow rate (average), Qave
Peak flow
Screen Channel design flow, Qd
Velocity approach, Va
Channel cross section, Ac
Width, W
Depth, d
Take W, Wd
Take d, dd
Screen inclination angle,
Bar screen cross section, As
Bar spacing, S
Bar thickness, tbar
Net area available for flow, Anet
Velocity through openings, Vb
Number of bars, n

Value
Unit
10000 m3/day
500 m3/hr
625 m3/hr
0.4300
m/s
0.4037
m2
0.5188
m
0.7782
m
0.5500
m
0.8250
m
45 degrees
0.5710
m2
0.0100
m
0.0060
m
0.3569
m2
0.4865
m/s
35.00
35.00
Head loss, hL (clean)
0.0038
m
Anet (45% clogged)
0.1963
m
Vb (45% clogged)
0.8845
m/s
Head loss, hL (45% clogged)
0.0508
m
*Allowable headloss = 150 mm (Metcalf and Eddy, 2003)
Design Dimensions:
Width, W
Length
Depth, d
Water level
Operating volume
Total Capacity
Legend:

Current
0.80
3.00
0.80
0.50
1.20
1.92

Unit
m
m
m
m
m3
m3
Higher
Lower

Check

Remarks

OK!

Assumed: (Qave/20)
25%
0.3 to 0.6 m/s (recommended limit 0.45)
Ac = W x 1.5W
d = 1.5 W
6.01%
dd = 1.5 Wd
30 to 45 degrees

Qd = (1.25Qave)

allowance

OK!

Recommended limit: 0.9 m/s

Eqn: VaAc = VbAnet

OK!

0.7
45%
Recommended limit: 0.9 m/s
0.6

0.7 for clean screen; 0.6 for clogged screen

percent clogged

OK!
OK!

Proposed
0.5500
3
1.1636
0.8250
1.3612
1.9200

6.01%
Based on original design
41.05%

29.10% freeboard

0.7 for clean screen; 0.6 for clogged screen

allowance added to calculated value

allowance added to calculated value

SEQUENCING BATCH REACTOR (SBR)

Given
Design flowrate
XMLSS
Temperature

10,000.00 m3/day
3,500.00 g/m3
20.00 C

Influent Characterization data (assumptions)

Parameter
Value
Unit
BOD
350.00 g/m3
sBOD
180.00 g/m3
COD
500.00 g/m3
sCOD
160.00 g/m3
rbCOD
80.00 g/m3
TSS
250.00 g/m3
VSS
220.00 g/m3
TKN
30.00 g/m3
NH4-N
25.00 g/m3
TP
6.00 g/m3
Alkalinity
200.00 as CaCO3
bCOD/BOD ratio
1.60
Oil and Grease
50.00 g/m3
Design assumptions:
ntanks
Total liquid depth when full
Decant depth
Sludge Volume Index (SVI)
NOx
Use kinetic coefficients in Table 8-10 and 8-11*
*(Mecalf and Eddy, 2003)

4
6m
30% of tank depth
100 mL/g
80% percent of TKN

Wastewater characteristics for process design

bCOD
560.00 g/m3
bpCOD/pCOD
0.80
nbVSS
44.00 g/m3
iTSS
30.00 g/m3
SBR operating cycle
React/Aerate, tA
2.00 hr
Settle, tS
1.00 hr
Decant, tD
1.00 hr
Idle, tI
0.50 hr
Fill, tF
1.50 hr
Total cycle time, tC
6.00 hr
Operating hours/day
24.00 hr/day
# of cycles/tank-day
4.00 cycles/tank-day
Total # of cycles/day
16.00 cycles/day
Fill volume/cycle
625.00 m3/fill
Fill fraction
Xs
10,000.00 g/m3
X
3,500.00 g/m3
(VT/VS)
0.35 (VTX=VSXs)
(VT/VS) (+20% allowance)
0.42
VF/VT
0.58 (VF+VS=VT)
CHECK: Assumed fraction
OK!
Hydraulic retention time,
VT
2,083.33 m3/tank
20.00 hr
Overall
SRT
Input data
nbVSS
44.00 g/m3
Assume So = So-S
So = bCOD
560.00 g/m3
Q
2,500.00 m3/tank-day
iTSSo = TSSo - VSSo
30.00 g/m3
NOx
24.00 g/m3
Kinetic coefficients
Y
0.40 g VSS/ g bCOD
kd
0.12 g/g-day
Yn
0.12 g VSS/ g NOx
kdn
0.08 g/g-day
fd
0.15 g/g
(Px,TSS)SRT
7,291,666.67 g/m3
(Px,TSS)SRT
7,291,666.67 g/m3
SRT
14.93 days
MLSVV concentration
(Px,VSS)SRT
5,492,267.25 m3-g/m3
XMLVSS
2,636.29
fraction of MLVSS
XMLVSS / XMLSS
0.75
Amount of NH4-N oxidized (NOx)
Px,bio
Ne
NOx
Amount of oxidizable N available
NH4-N that can be oxidized
Oxidizable NH4-N added/cycle
Vf(NOx)
NH4-N remaining before fill, Vs(Ne)
Vs(Ne) = Ne(V-VF)
Total oxidizable at beginning of cycle

257.76 kg/day
0.50 g/m3
17.13 g/m3
17.13 g/m3
10,704.70 g/fill
729.17 g
11,433.87 g

Remarks
Design Input
Assumed
Design Input
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Design Input
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Design Input
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Design Input

Design
Assumed
(Settled volume of sludge/suspended solids)

*Using solver

Initial concentration, No
No
Nitrification reaction time
Nitrifier concentration, Xn
m
Kn
Ko
t
Required aeration time
Mixing time
Aeration time
Check: Aeration time
Decant rate
Oxygen requirement/tank
Aeration time/tank
Ave Oxygen transfer rate
Ave Oxygen transfer rate
Sludge production (MLSS=XTSS)
PX,TSS
bCOD removed
BOD removed
Observed yield (TSS/BOD)
Observed yield (VSS/BOD)
F/M = (QSo)/(XV)
BOD volumetric loading, Lorg

5.49 g/m3
16.78
0.75
0.74
0.50
0.11
2.53
2.53
0.75
2.75

g/m3
g/g-day
g/m3
g/m3
days
hr
hr
hr
hr
OK!

10.42
1,219.39
11.00
110.85
2.00
221.71

m3/min
kg/day
hr/day-tank
kg/hr

1,952.99
5,600.00
3,500.00
0.56
0.42
0.16
1.68

kg/day
kg/day
kg/day
g TSS/ g BOD
g VSS/ g BOD
g/g-day
kg/m3-day

(1.5 to 2.0) x ave oxygen transfer rate

kg/hr

Lorg = Q(Sv)/V