5. Size of anaerobic tank to treat the wastewater at temperature of 35°C.

Estimated influent flow rate (Q) = 2949 m3/d

BOD5 concentration = 110 g/m3

TSS concentration = 120 g/m3

According to (Tchobanoglous, G., Burton, F. L., & Stensel, H. D.,2014, page 396), typical
removal percentage for BOD and TSS for primary clarifier range from 25-40% and 50-70%
respectively. Hence the following assumptions are made:

Percent of BOD removal from primary clarifier = 35%

Percent of TSS removal from primary clarifier = 50%

Other assumptions are as follows:

 Primary sludge contains 95% moisture and specific gravity of 1.02.

 Hydraulic regime of the reactor is complete mix.
 𝜏 = 𝑆𝑅𝑇 = 15 𝑑 𝑎𝑡 35°𝐶
 Efficiency of waste utilization (solids conversion) E = 0.70
 The sludge contains adequate nitrogen and phosphorus for biological growth.
0.08 𝑘𝑔 𝑉𝑆𝑆
 𝑌 = 𝑘𝑔 𝑏𝐶𝑂𝐷 𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑧𝑒𝑑

 b = 0.03-1
 Constants are for temperature at 35°C.
 Digester gas is 65% methane.

1. Determine the daily sludge mass and volume.

Sludge mass = Q x TSS conc. x Percentage of TSS removal

2949 𝑚3 120 𝑔 1𝑘𝑔 𝑘𝑔
= 𝑑
𝑥 𝑚3 𝑥 0.5 𝑥 1000𝑔
= 176.94 𝑑

𝑆𝑙𝑢𝑑𝑔𝑒 𝑚𝑎𝑠𝑠
Sludge volume =𝑆.𝐺 𝑠𝑙𝑢𝑑𝑔𝑒 𝑥 𝑆.𝐺 𝑤𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑥 𝑃𝑒𝑟𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑠𝑜𝑙𝑖𝑑

176.94𝑘𝑔 1
= 𝑑 𝑘𝑔
1.02 𝑥 1000 3 𝑥 0.05
𝑚

𝑚3
= 3.469
𝑑
2. Determine bCOD loading.
bCOD loading = Percentage of BOD removal x BOD concentration x Q
110 𝑔 2949𝑚3 1𝑘𝑔
= 0.35 𝑥 𝑚3
𝑥 𝑑
𝑥 1000𝑔
𝑘𝑔
= 113.5365 𝑑

3. Compute the digester volume.

𝑉
𝜏=
𝑄
𝑉 = 𝜏𝑄
3.469 𝑚3
= 𝑥 15 𝑑
𝑑
= 52.035𝑚3

4. Compute the volumetric loading.

𝑏𝐶𝑂𝐷 113.5365𝑘𝑔
(𝑘𝑔 ) 𝑏𝐶𝑂𝐷 𝑙𝑜𝑎𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑘𝑔
𝑑 = = 𝑑 = 2.1819 3
𝑚 3 𝑣𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑚𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑑𝑖𝑔𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑟 52.035𝑚 3 𝑚 .𝑑

5. Compute the quantity of volatile solids produced per day.

𝑌𝑄 (𝑆0 − 𝑆)
𝑃𝑠 =
1 + 𝑏(𝑆𝑅𝑇)
𝑘𝑔
𝑆0 = 113.5365
𝑑
𝑘𝑔
𝑆 = (1 − 0.70)𝑆0 = 0.30 𝑥 113.5365 = 34. .0610 𝑘𝑔/𝑑
𝑑
𝑘𝑔 𝑘𝑔 𝑘𝑔
𝑆0 − 𝑆 = 113.5365 − 34.0610 = 79.4755
𝑑 𝑑 𝑑
0.08 𝑘𝑔 𝑉𝑆𝑆 79.4755𝑘𝑔
𝑥 𝑥𝑑
𝑘𝑔 𝐶𝑂𝐷 𝑑
𝑃𝑠 =
(1 + 𝑜. 𝑜3)(15𝑑)
𝑘𝑔
= 0.4115
𝑑
6. Compute the volume of methane produced per day at 35°C.
(Conversion factor at 35°C is 0.40)

𝑉𝐶𝐻4 = 0.40(𝑆0 − 𝑆 )𝑄 − 1.42𝑃𝑋

0.40𝑚3 79.4755𝑘𝑔 0.4115𝑘𝑔
=( 𝑥 ) − (1.42 𝑥 )
𝑘𝑔 𝑑 𝑑
 31.2059𝑚3
=
𝑑

7. Estimate the total gas production.

31. 2059𝑚3 /𝑑
= 48.0091 𝑚3 /𝑑
0.65

Tchobanoglous, G., Burton, F. L., & Stensel, H. D. (2014). Wastewater engineering:

treatment and reuse. New York: McGraw-Hill.