CIVL375: Water and Wastewater Treatment Laboratory Data Sheet

Experiment 1: Dispersion Coefficient of a Plug Flow Reactor

Name ID
Taiba Yousuf AlHammadi 201700372

Experimental conditions
Date the experiment was conducted 22-9-2022
TDS of NaCl solution, preferably 5000 mg/l 5.95pptx10=5950mg/L
TDS of tap water (mg/l) 140ppm or mg/L
Reactor length (L) in cm 40 cm
Reactor width (W) in cm 14 cm
Reactor depth (H) in cm 10 cm
Flow rate (Q) in ml/min 115 ml/min
Injection duration (min) 45 min

Effluent concentration versus time after injection

Time (min) Effluent Corrected tC T^2C

TDS(mg/L) TDS

0 140 0 0 0

5 156 16 80 400

10 161 21 210 2100

15 161 21 315 4725

20 161 21 420 8400

30 185 45 1350 40500

40 2250 2110 84400 3376000

45 3050 2910 130950 5892750

50 3020 2880 144000 7200000
55 856 716 39380 2165900
60 532 392 23520 1411200

65 446 306 19890 1292850

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TDS VS Time
3500

3000

2500

2000
TDS

1500

1000

500

0
0 5 10 15 20 30 40 45 50 55 60 65
Time

3. Determine the dispersion coefficient of the reactor.

The variance σ
2
=
∑ 2
t 1 C1 2 21394825
−t =
2
−47.098 =48.619
∑ C1 9438

σ 2 48.61 92
2
The normalized variance σ = 2 = θ =0.02192
t 47.098

X = D/(VxL)

0.02192=2X-2X2(1-e-1/X)

X= 0.0111
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Vx= Q/A = 115/(14*10)=0.821 cm/min

0.0111 = D/(0.821*40)

D = 0.364 cm2/min

Conclusion :

. The dispersion coefficient (D) of the plug flow reactor is 0.364 cm2/min