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The document contains 7 practice problems related to water and wastewater treatment processes. The problems cover topics like particle settling time calculations, theoretical efficiency of settling basins, and sizing parameters for clarifiers. Sample data and calculations are provided for problems involving settling column analyses, basin efficiencies, and secondary clarifier design.

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The document contains 7 practice problems related to water and wastewater treatment processes. The problems cover topics like particle settling time calculations, theoretical efficiency of settling basins, and sizing parameters for clarifiers. Sample data and calculations are provided for problems involving settling column analyses, basin efficiencies, and secondary clarifier design.

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CE342 Water & Wastewater Treatment Settling Due: 2/21/13 1. 2. A particle with a diameter of 1.

0 mm and a specific gravity of 3.0 is released in water at 30EC. How long will it take the particle to travel 2 m? A settling column analysis is run on a type-1 suspension. The settling column is 2 m tall, and the initial concentration of the well-mixed sample is 650 mg/L. Results of the analysis are shown below. Time, min Conc remaining, mg/L 0 650 58 560 77 415 91 325 114 215 154 130 250 52

What is the theoretical efficiency of the settling basins that receive this suspension if the loading rate is 2.4 x 10-2 m/min? 3. 4. Using the data from Prob. 2, determine the theoretical efficiency of a settling basin with a surface area of 500 m2 and an inflow of 14,400 m3/d. A settling column analysis is run on a type-2 suspension with following results. (Entries are mg/L suspended solids) Determine the theoretical efficiency of a settling basin with a depth of 3.5 m, a volume of 1400 m3, and an inflow of 11,200 m3/day. Time, min Depth, m 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5 0 820 820 820 820 820 820 820 40 369 442 631 672 713 722 738 80 238 369 476 558 590 615 656 120 164 279 361 426 492 533 574 160 107 213 287 353 402 460 492 200 66 164 230 287 344 394 418 240 41 115 180 238 262 320 360 280 33 90 148 187 230 262 303

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A settling basin processing 14,400 m3/d of water has a depth of 4.0 m and a volume of 1200 m3. Using the data from Prob. 4, determine the theoretical efficiency.

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A settling analysis is run on the contents of an activated-sludge reactor with the following results: Concentration, mg/L 1200 Velocity, m/h 5.8 2200 3800 3.2 1.6 6100 0.6 8200 11,000 0.4 0.09

Given the following information, determine the concentration of solids and the flow rate of the secondary clarifier underflow. (a) Flow from the reactor is 9500 m3/d with a solids content of 3000 mg/L. (b) The secondary clarifier has a diameter of 17 m. 7. Calculate the diameter and depth of a circular clarifier for the design flow of 3800 m3/day based on an overflow rate of 0.00024 m/sec and a detention time of 3 hours.

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