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This document appears to be a midterm exam for an environmental engineering course. It consists of 10 questions related to wastewater treatment processes and design. The questions cover topics like process schematics, biomass support materials, solids analysis, BOD testing, screen design, grit chamber sizing, flow equalization basin design, and sedimentation basin efficiency. The exam is open book and notes are permitted.

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ACEE 434 Fall 2009 MIDTERM EXAM October 21, 2009 This is an open-book, open-notes examination.

. You may use anything that belongs to you except for a computer. You may not solicit, accept, or offer any assistant to another student. The point value of each problem is given at the beginning of each problem. Good Luck! Student ID: Name:

1. (Site tour, 10 points) Draw a process schematic of the Guri wastewater treatment plant describing water flows as arrows and unit processes (or unit operations) as boxes.

2. (Site tour, 10 points) Describe the objective of the biomass support material (i.e., hair like structure) installed in the aeration basin at the Guri wastewater treatment plant.

3. (Solids, 10 points) Determine the concentrations of total solids, total volatile solids, total suspended solids, volatile suspended solids, total dissolved solids, volatile dissolved solids, and total fixed solids for the wastewater sample. The size of sample was 50 mL. Item Tare mass of evaporation dish Mass of evaporation dish plus residue after evaporation at 105 oC Mass of evaporation dish plus reside after ignition at 550oC Tare mass of Whatman GF/C filter Mass of Whatman GF/C filter plus residue after drying at 105oC Mass of Whatmann GF/C filter plus residue after ignition at 550oC Weight, g 53.5435 53.5765 53.5550 1.5433 1.5653 1.5502

4. (BOD, 10 points) The BOD5 of a waste sample was found to be 40.0 mg/L. The initial oxygen concentration of the BOD dilution water was equal to 9 mg/L, the DO concentration measured after incubation was equal to 2.74 mg/L, and the size of sample used was equal to 40 mL. If the volume of the BOD bottle used was equal to 300 mL, estimate the initial DO concentration in the waste sample.

5. (BOD, 10 points) Determine the UBOD and BOD5 (in mg/L) of a mixture of 150 mg/L glutamic acid (C5H10N2O3) and 150 mg/L of glucose (C6H12O6). Assume the value of the BOD5 first-order rate constant is 0.23/d (base e). Hint: C5H10N2O3 + 4.5O2 5CO2 +2NH3 + 2H2O; C6H12O6 + 6O2 6CO2 +6H2O

6. (Screening, 10 points) A bar screen is inclined at a 60o angle from the horizontal. The bars have a diameter of 20 mm and a clear spacing of 25 mm. Determine the headloss when the bars are cleaned and the velocity approaching the screen is 1 m/s. Assume discharge coefficient as 0.7. Is this a very realistic computation in terms of what actually happens at a treatment plant?

7. (Grit chamber, 10 points) Design an aerated grit chamber installation for an average wastewater flowrate of 0.3 m3/s and a peak flowrate of 1.0 m3/s. The average depth is 3 m, the width-to-depth ratio is 1.5:1, and the detention time at peak flow is 3.5 minutes. The aeration rate is 0.4 m3/min per m of tank length. Determine the dimensions of the grit chambers and the total air required.

8. (Flow equalization, 10 points) An in-line equalization basin is to be designed for a wastewater treatment plant. From plant records, a compilation has been made that gives the hourly flowrate versus hour of the day as follows: Hour 12 AM 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 noon m3/d 11.4 8.3 7.9 7.6 9.1 10.6 13.6 20.8 25.0 28.0 28.8 26.9 25.7 Hour 1 PM 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 AM m3/d 25.0 25.0 26.9 28.8 32.9 37.5 37.5 31.8 23.1 15.9 13.2 11.4

Determine the fluctuating volume required for the basin in cubic meters.

9. (Grit chamber, 10 points) Determine the removal efficiency for a sedimentation basin with a critical velocity V0 of 2 m/h in treating a wastewater containing particles whose settling velocities are distributed as given in the table below. Velocity, m/h 0.0-0.5 0.5-1.0 1.0-1.5 1.5-2.0 2.0-2.5 2.5-3.0 3.0-3.5 3.5-4.0 Number of particles 20 40 80 120 100 70 20 10

10. (Primary clarifier, 10 points) For a flocculant suspension, determine the removal efficiency for a basin 3 m deep with an overflow rate V0 equal to 3 m/h using the laboratory settling curve presented in the following.

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