Sub: Environmental Engineering

Topic : Secondary treatment of wastewater

MODULE- 80B
Secondary treatment of wastewater.
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An activated sludge system (sketched below) is operating at equilibrium with the following information. Wastewater related data: flow rate = 500 , influent BOD = 150 mg/L, effluent BOD = 10 mg/L. Aeration tank related data: hydraulic retention time = 8 hours, meancell-residence time = 240 hours, volume = 4000 m3, mixed liquor suspended solids = 2000 mg/L.

(C) 1011 kg/

(D) 1022 kg/

b) What is the solids content (by weight) of the thickened sludge? (A) 3.96% (C) 4.04%
3. Column I P. Grit chamber

(B) 4.00% (D) 4.10%

Column II 1. Zone settling 2. Stoke's law

Q. Secondary settling tank a) The food-to-biomass (F/M) ratio (in kg BOD per kg biomass per day) for the aeration tank is b). 0.015 (B) 0.210 (C) 0.225 (D) 0.240 Q.51 The mass (in kg/day) of solids wasted from the system is (A) 24000 (B) 1000 (C) 800 (D) 33 R. Activated sludge process 3. Aerobic S. Trickling filter 4. Contact stabilisation The correct match of Column I with Column II is (A) (B) (C) (D) P-1,Q-2,R-3,S-4 P-2,Q-1,R-3,S-4 P-1,Q-2,R-4,S-3 P-2,Q-1,R-4,S-3

2. The sludge from the aeration tank of the activated sludge process (ASP) has solids content (by weight) of 2%. This sludge is put in a sludge thickener, where sludge volume is reduced to half. Assume that the amount of solids in the supernatant from the thickener is

4. A completely mixed activated sludge process is used to treat a wastewater flow of 1 million litres per day (1MLD) having a of 200 mg/L. The

negligible, the specific gravity of sludge solids is 2.2 and the density of water is 1000 kg/ .

a) What is the density of the sludge removed from the aeration tank? (A) 990 kg/ (B) 1000 kg/

biomass concentration in the aeration tank is 2000 mg/L and the

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concentration of the net biomass leaving the system is 50 mg/L. The aeration tank has a volume of 200 .
a. What is the hydraulic retention time of the wastewater in aeration tank ? (a) 0.2 h (b) 4.8 h (c) 10 h (d) 24 h b. What is the average time for which the biomass stays in the system ? (a) 5 h (b) 8 h (c) 2 days (d) 8 days 5. Which of the following has sewage inherent

Topic : Secondary treatment of wastewater

BOD = 190 mg/l (Excess activated sludge returned to primary) 2. Primary Setting : SS-50% : removal BOD-30% removal 3. Excess Activated Sludge (80% Volatile 4. Anaerobic Digester of total) : 0.4 g VSS produced per g BOD applied

VSS reduced 50% Digested Sludge Concentration 60% Sludge Specific Gravity-1 5. Application on farmland : 2 m3/ha.d a. Total volatile suspended solids

treatment nuisance?

methods

problem of odour, ponding, and fly (a) UASB system (b) Activated sludge process (c) Trickling filters (d) Stabilization ponds

to be anaerobically digested (kg/d, VSS) shall be (a) (c) b. 133 (b) 233 (d) 168 245

6. From amongst the following sewage treatment options, largest land requirements for a given discharge will be needed for (a) (b) (c) (d) trickling filter anaerobic pond oxidation ditch oxidation pond

Area requirements (ha) for

disposal of the sludge on farmland shall be (a) (c) 2.95 0.95 (b) (d) 1.95 0.55

8. A trickling filter is designed to remove (A) Settleable Solids

7. A conventional Activated Sludge Plant treating 1000 m /d of municipal waste water disposes of its on
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(B) Colloidal Solids (C) Dissolved Organic Matter (D) None of the above

anaerobically

digested sludge

relatively impervious farmland. Use the following data

1. Raw Sewage :

9. Critical factors for the activated sludge treatment process are

SS = 225 mg/l (70% volatile)

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(A) Maximum hourly flow rate. (B) Maximum and minimum flow rate. (C) Maximum hourly flow rate and maximum daily organic load. (D) Minimum hourly flow rate and minimum daily organic load.

Topic : Secondary treatment of wastewater

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