EXISTING SYSTEM

Works Pumping Station Head works

Filtrate
Supernatant
0.6 to 0.8% 30 to 35 % Undigested
Solids Existing Sludge Drying Solids Dried Sludge
4250 m3/d Existing Sludge Digesters 1.5 to 2 % Beds for
26265 kg/d Solids Composting

DESIGN BASIS OF THE STP Inlet Paramet Outlet Parameters

Design Average Daily Flow m3/d 85000
Peak Factor 2.5
BOD5, influent mg/l 450 10
Total Suspended Solids mg/l 450 10
Ammonical Nitrogen mg/l 45 1
Phosphorus mg/l 9
Wastewater Temp (max) deg C 35
Wastewater Temp (min) deg C 20
MLSS Aeration Tank mg/l 4000
MLVSS ( 0.8 X MLSS) mg/l 3200
COD, max mg/l 980

Sludge Production as recorded at Site by the site laboratory

Mass of sludge produced kg/d 26265( design ) to 30000(observed)
Volume of sludge produced m3/d 4250 to 4855
Concentration of sludge into d % 0.6 to 0.65
BOD5 load 38250

Sludge Handling facility

Sludge Digestors
No of digesters 8
Size of each digestors
Length m 13
Width m 13
Depth m 4.4
Effective water depth m 2.9

Effective volume of each digester 490

Total digesters volume 3921
Solids % in digesters 1.2 ( it varies between 1.2 to 1.5 )
Total sludge in digesters 47049.6
Sludge retention time in digesters
(based on a sludge production of 30000 kg/d) 1.568
(based on a sludge production of 26265 kg/d) 1.791

No of aerators per Digestors 1

Type of aerators Slow Speed
Power rating of each aerator
There are 4 aerators each of Kw 30
There are 4 aerators each of Kw 37

Sludge After digestors

Based on 30000 kg/d 2427.184466
Based on 26265 kg/d 2125

Observed characteristics of the sludge coming out of digestors

Quantity m3/d 2125 to 2430
kg/d 26265 to 30000
Quality
Volatile solids content 70 to 75 %