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Biochemical Oxygen Demand
Biochemical Oxygen Demand
College of Engineering
Department of Civil Engineering
“Biochemical
Oxygen Demand”
Date : 8th of May, 2016
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*Aim :
*Procedure :
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stoppers or attached to the walls.
8. Place the bottles in the incubator at 20°C.
9. One member of each group will return each day after 24 hours (± 1 hour) to
determine the DO concentration for each bottle.
Where: BODt = BOD in mg/L at time ‘t’ (days) after the start of incubation.
DO0 = initial DO of diluted sample of time t=0 (i.e. prior to
incubation)
DOt = DO of sample after incubation for time t
DF = dilution factor = a + 1
Raw Secondary
a = 50 ml / 36 ml = 1.4 a = 50 ml / 43 ml = 1.2
DF = 1.4 + 1 = 2.4 DF = 1.2 + 1 = 2.2
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**Sample of Calculation :
BOD1 = (9.1 – 8.3) x 2.4 = 1.92 (mg/l)
*Conclusion :
In this experiment, we found that BOD in raw water is higher than that one in secondary
water, and that because the dissolved oxygen in raw water decreases much faster than
that one in secondary water. Therefore, the dilution factor in raw water is higher.