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Researchpaper Modeling and Simulation of An Activated Sludge System For Industrial Wastewater Treatment
Researchpaper Modeling and Simulation of An Activated Sludge System For Industrial Wastewater Treatment
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1 INTRODUCTION
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(5)
dX
= XQ QR X R (QW X R + Qe X e ) + R X V
dt
2 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
Q X
dX
(6)
= XQ 1 R R (QW X R + Qe X e ) + R X V
dt
QX
Q X
dX
S
XV
= XQ 1 R R (QW X R + Qe X e ) + m
dt
QX
K+S
Activation Tank
S0 X 0
S V
X Se
(QO+QR)
Clarifier
Q0
Qe Xe Se
V dX XQ Q R X R
1
=
VX dt VX
QX
QR
XR
Recycle Line
1 dX Q Q R X R
= 1
X dt V
QX
QW XR Se
(QW X R + Qe X e )
S
XV
+ m
VX
K +S
VX
(QW X R + Qe X e )
S
+ m
VX
K +S
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Waste Sludge
Rate of accumulation of
dX
microorganism within the system = V dt
(3)
(4)
(7)
(8)
dX X
X
S
= (1 R ) + m
K+S
dt
(9)
hydraulic
residence
R X = ( ) X
(10)
=
(11)
+
(2)
1 dX 1
1
S
= (1 R ) + m
K+S
X dt
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of Substrate
int o the system out of the
within the system boundary
system boundary
Net depletion of
substrate within
+
the system
boundary
Rate of accumulation of
dS
substrate within the system = V dt
(14)
(15)
(16)
dS
V n = QS0 (Qe Se + QW Se ) + RSV
dt
RS =
(17)
(18)
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(13)
RS
is expressed as
(19)
RS =
S
K +S
m X
Y
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Inlet
Outlet
Biomass (MLVSS*)
2400
8145.33
Substrate (BOD)
250
30.0
(20)
dS
X S
V
(21)
= Q(S0 Se ) + m
dt
Y K S + S
Dividing through (21) by V yields
X S
dS Q
(22)
= (S0 Se ) + m
Y K S + S
dt V
X S
dS 1
(23)
= (S0 Se ) + m
Y K S + S
dt
where, = V Q is the hydraulic retention time of substrates
V
in the reactor.
(9) and (23) are the model equations predicting the growth of
microorganism and the depletion of substrate in the activated
sludge reactor.
2.3 Materials
The biomass and substrate concentrations obtained from an
Industrial Activated Sludge Process of the wastewater
treatment unit at Eleme Petrochemicals Company, Nigeria are
Parameters
Design Flow Rate (l/h)
Reactor Volume (l)
Hydraulic Retention Time,
Values
75,000
1200000
(h)
16.0
Recycle Ratio
1.0
TABLE 3
KINETIC PARAMETERS [10]; [5], [11].
Parameters
Half Saturation Coefficient,
(mgBOD 5 /l)
Values
KS
YG (mgVSS/mgBOD 5 )
Endogenous decay coefficient,
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60.0 mg/l
0.251h-1
0.6mg/mg BOD 5
2.4day-1 (0.1h-1)
At
300
250
Biomass
200
150
100
50
0
0
t = t , X = X (t ), S = S (t )
(25)
(15) and (23) were solved simultaneously using the above
initial and boundary conditions, and the parameters in Tables
1, 2, and
using fourth order Runge-Kutta algorithm
implemented in a Visual Basic 6.0 program Compiler.
80000
70000
60000
50000
40000
30000
20000
10000
0
0.2
0.4
0.6
0.8
Dimensionless Time
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Biomass Concentration
(Mg/l)
670
100
68700
80
68600
60
Bio
68500
40
68400
68300
20
68200
0
0
10
15
Biomass Concentration
(Mg/l)
20
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75000
74000
73000
72000
71000
70000
69000
68000
67000
37
Biomass Concentration
(Mg/l)
Biom
68000
35
33
67000
31
66000
29
65000
27
64000
25
0
0.2
0.4
0.6
Recycle Ratio
0.8
120
100
80
60
40
20
0
-20
Bioma
0.5
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3.4
Biomass Concentration
(Mg/l)
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CONCLUSION
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