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ACTIVATED SLUDGE DESIGN CALCULATIONS

Project: City of Las Cruces, New Mexico - Regional Plant Date: 28-Mar-05
Engineer: CDM Units: English
Act. Sludge Process: SEQUOX

DESIGN CONDITIONS & PARAMETERS

Influent Effluent
Flow, MGD 1.000 Retention Time, hours 24.0
BOD5, mg/l 250 10.0 Aeration Tank Volume, Mgal 1.000
BOD5, lbs/day 2,085 83.4 Sludge Age, days 18.0
BODL, mg/l 366 Mixed Liquor Temp., Degrees C 10
TSS, mg/l 250 15.0
TSS, lbs/day 2,085 125.1
Ammonia-N, mg/l 25 1.0
Ammonia-N, lbs/day 209 8.3 Aerobic Digester
Nitrates - N, mg/l 8.0 Volume, % of Aeration Tank 20.0
Nitrates - N, lbs/day 66.7 Maximum MLSS, mg/l 15,000
Maximum MLSS, % 1.50%

PROJECTED OPERATING CONDITIONS - AERATION BASIN

Mixed Liquor Suspended Solids, mg/l 3,384

Mixed Liquor Volatile Suspended Solids, % 72.8
F/M Ratio, lbs BOD5/lb MLVSS 0.10
F/M Ratio, lbs BOD5/lb MLSS 0.07
Organic Loading, lbs BOD5/1000 cf of tank/day 15.6
Oxygen Requirements (Carbonaceous), mg/l/hr 8.60
Oxygen Requirements (Nitrogenous), mg/l/hr 4.60
MLSS Wasted Per Day, lbs/day 1,443
MLSS Wasted Per Day, gallons/day 51,123

PROJECTED OPERATING CONDITIONS--AEROBIC DIGESTER

Volatile Solids Reduction in Digester, % 47.5

Solids Wasted from Digester, lbs/day 944
Volume Wasted from Digester, gallons/day 7546
Digester Sludge Age, days (w/ VS Destruction) 27
Air Required for Stabilization, cfm 283
Air Required for Mixing (@ 20 scfm/1000 cf), scfm 535
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AERATION DESIGN CALCULATIONS

Project: City of Las Cruces, New Mexico - Regional Plant Date: 28-Mar-05
Engineer: CDM Units: English
Aeration Type Used: Stainless Steel Coarse Bubble Diffusers

AERATION BASIN

Flow, MGD 1.000 TSS, mg/l 250

BOD5, mg/l 250 TSS, lbs/day 2,085
BOD5, lbs/day 2,085 SS, Inorganic, mg/l 38
BOD Rate, K 0.10 Ammonia-N, mg/l 25
BODL, mg/l 366 Ammonia-N, lbs/day 209

Oxygen Required for BOD Reduction [MGD * mg/l * 8.34 * 1.2], lbs O2/day 2,502
Oxygen Required for BOD Reduction, lbs O2/hr 104.3

Oxygen Req'd for NH3-N Reduction [MGD * mg/l * 4.6 * 8.34], lbs O2/day 959
Oxygen Required for Ammonia Reduction, lbs O2/hr 40.0

Actual Oxygen Requirement (AOR), lbs O2/hr 144.2

Where: AOR Actual Oxygen Requirement 144.2

C*st Actual Value of D.O. Saturation 9.1
C*20 Steady State Value of D.O. Saturation 9.1
Alpha Assumed for Domestic Wastewater 0.70
Theta Oxygen Transfer Coefficient 1.024
T Temperature of Water, Degrees C 20
Tau Oxygen Saturation Value [C*st/C*s20] 1.00
Beta Assumed for Domestic Wastewater 0.95
Omega Omega [Pb/Ps] 0.856
C Dissolved Oxygen Concentration 2.0

Standard Oxygen Transfer Rate (SOTR), lbs O2/hr

[AOR * C*20 / Alpha * Theta^(T-20) * (Tau * Omega * Beta * C*20 - C)] 347.0

Oxygen Density (Amount of Oxygen per ft3 of Air), lbs O2/ft3 0.017480
Transfer Efficiency for Selected Diffusers per Foot of Submergence, % 0.80%
Diffuser Depth Below Water Surface 12.50

Aeration Requirement [SOTR / Oxygen Density * SOTE], ft3 air/hr 198,529

Aeration Requirement 3,309

Reclaimed from Denitrification (50% assumed) 458
Total Aeration Required in Aeration Basin 2,850

AIR REQUIREMENTS
Aeration Pressure, Inches of water 170
psi std 6.1
Assumed air temperature, F 100
Assumed elevation 4,200
Minimum Air Required for Mixing 2,042
SCFM ICFM
Aeration Basin 2,850 3,516
Aerobic Digester Tank 535 535
Selector Tank 40 40
Clarifier 112 112
Total Air Required 3,537 4,203
Total Air Supplied 4,204

HORSEPOWER REQUIREMENTS

Est. Operating Requirements for Aeration & Clarification, HP 122.5

Est. Operating Requirements for Aerobic Digestion, HP 17.9
Est. Total HP Requirements 140.4
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CLARIFIER DESIGN CALCULATIONS

Project: City of Las Cruces, New Mexico - Regional Plant Date: 28-Mar-05
Engineer: CDM Units: English
Clarifier Type Used: Split-ClarAtor

FLOW CONDITIONS

Design Flow, MGD 1.000

Peaking Factor, hourly 2.5
Duration, min 60
Peaking Factor, sustained 2.0
Aeration Tank Volume, Mgal 1.000
MLSS, mg/l 3,384
Avg. RAS Recycle Rate, % 100%

EQUIPMENT SIZING & SELECTION

Number of Clarifiers 2 Surface Area per Clarifier, sf 1,120

Clarifier Unit Model 28560 Total Surface Area, sf 2,240
Clarifier Unit Length, ft 28 Total Weir Length, ft 212
Clarifier Unit Width, ft 20 Tank Wall Depth, ft 16.0
Number of Units per Clarifier 2 Tank Water Depth, ft 14.0

SURFACE OVERFLOW RATE

Design
Design Flow, gpd/sf 446
Max. Flow, gpd/sf 893
Max Flow Allowed Through Clarifier, gpd/sf 1,000

WEIR OVERFLOW RATE

Design Flow, gpd/lin. ft 4,717

Maximum Flow, gpd/lin. ft 10,566

SOLIDS LOADING RATE

Design Flow, lbs/day/sf 25.2

Maximum Flow, lbs/day/sf 33.8

RETENTION TIME

Design Flow, hr 5.6

Maximum Flow, hr 2.5

PEAK FLOW HANDLING - IN-BASIN SURGE STORAGE

Peak Flow, MGD Hourly 2.500 Vol. of In-Basin Surge Storage, gal 38,082
Max. Flow Through Clarifier, MGD 2.240 Vol. of additional Surge Storage
Vol. of Peak Flow entering plant, gal 104,167 required, gal -27,248
Vol. of Flow exiting plant, gal 93,333 Capacity of Surge Storage, hrs 3.5
Excess Peak Flow, gpm 181
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TANKAGE DESIGN CALCULATIONS

Project: City of Las Cruces, New Mexico - Regional Plant Date: 28-Mar-05
Engineer: CDM Units: English
Tank Construction: Cast-in-Place Concrete

SELECTOR TANK

Number of Tanks 1 Tank Width, ft 9.0

Tank Wall Height, ft 16.0 Tank Length, ft 40.0
Tank Water Depth, ft 14.0 Total Volume, gallons 37,699
Freeboard, ft 2.0 Retention Time (Design + RAS), hr 0.5

AERATION TANK Volume Required, gal 1,000,000

Tank Wall Height, ft 16.0 Number of Trains 2

Tank Water Depth, ft 14.0 Number of Stages 2

Stage 1 Stage 2
Number of Tanks 2 Number of Tanks 2
Tank Length, ft 75.00 Tank Length, ft 116.3
Tank Width, ft 33.13 Tank Width, ft 20.00
Area of Each Tank, sf 2,484 Area of Each Tank, sf 2,325
Total Volume, gallons 520,328 Total Volume, gallons 486,948

Total Volume Provided, gal 1,007,276

CLARIFIER TANK

Number of Tanks 2 Tank Width, ft 40.0

Tank Wall Height, ft 16.0 Tank Length, ft 28.0
Tank Water Depth, ft 14.0 Total Volume, gallons 234,573

AEROBIC DIGESTER TANK Volume Required, gal 200,000

Number of Tanks 2 Tank Width, ft 54.38

Tank Wall Height, ft 16.0 Tank Length, ft 17.0
Tank Water Depth, ft 14.5 Total Volume, gallons 200,515

OVERALL TANKAGE DIMENSIONS

Total Length, ft 137.00 Wall Thickness, in 15.0

Total Width, ft 112.5 Floor Thickness, in 15.0
Total Area, sf 15,413 Total Concrete for slab, cy 894
Total Wall Length, lin. ft 1,078 Total Grout for Clarifier, cy 141
Total Concrete for walls, cy 838
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