BAHIR DAR UNIVERSITY

BAHIR DAR INSTITUTE OF

TECHNOLOGY
School of Research and Graduate Studies
Faculty of Civil and Water Resources Engineering

Wastewater treatment process and plant design1

assignment
Chapter two assignment

Submitted by
Abdifatah Muhumed Abdi

Submitted to: - Dr. Andinet K.

January 2020
Wastewater treatment process and plant design assignment
Chapter2 Assignment
Problem2.3
Using excel program

second order
0.250
f(x) = 0.03 x + 0.04
R² = 0.89
0.200

0.150

0.100

0.050

0.000
Ln(NO3 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Time(H) NO3,Mg/L ) 1/NO3
0 30 3.40 0.033
0.5 23.3 3.15 0.043
1 19 2.94 0.053
1.5 15.3 2.73 0.065
2 11 2.40 0.091
2.5 8.3 2.12 0.120
3 7 1.95 0.143
3.5 6.3 1.84 0.159
4 5.7 1.74 0.175
4.5 5.3 1.67 0.189
7.75 4.7 1.55 0.213

Zero order first order

35 4.00
30 3.50
3.00
25 f(x) = − 0.26 x + 3.04
2.50 R² = 0.79
20 f(x) = − 3.14 x + 21 2.00
15 R² = 0.66
1.50
10 1.00
5 0.50
0 0.00
0 1 2 3 4 0
5 16 27 38 49 5 6 7 8 9
The order of reaction for this experiment is second order reaction of the
slope of best fit line in the graph of second order.
Slope (k) = 0.0272