PREPARED BY: HENRY SAN PEDRO

Objective: TO CALCULATE THE SBR TANK CAPCITY, OPERATING TIME, OXYGEN NEEDED FOR BOD AND NITROGEN REMOVAL
REFERENCE : METCALF & EDDY

STP PLANT DESIGN SBR REACTION TANK COMPUTATION

1. CAPACITY
POPULATION .= .= 225.00
Peak flow coeff .= .= 5.54
based on Calculation result
Peaking factors for wastewater flows from individual residences, small
.= commercial .= 2.50

Average Flow .= Qdwf .= 50.63 m3/day

.= .= 2.11 m3/hr
Peak Flow .= Q peak .= 126.56 m3/day
.= .= 5.27 m3/hr
.= .= 0.00146 m3/sec
Tank .= # Tank .= 1.00 ea
2 DESIGN CONDITION
Temperature .= 25C for optimal Nitrification .= 28.00 C
Depth of Water .= .= 3.50 m.
Alkalinity CaCO3 .= .= 140.00 mg/l
X, MLSS .= 2000 to 2500, residential .= 2,500.00 mg/l
2000 to 4000 industrial
Xs, MLSS .= .= 8,333.33 mg/l
SVI .= .= 120.00 ml/g
F/M Ratio
3. W.W CHARACTERISTICS Influent Effluent
BOD5 .= 280.83 10.00 mg/L
TCOD= BOD5*1.6 .= 477.42 60.00 mg/L
TSS .= 271.98 10.00 mg/L
VSS .= 217.58 mg/L
TKN .= 42.53 mg/L
 NH4-N .= 23.63 0.50 mg/L
O&G .= 3.29 2.00 mg/L
TP .= 15.00 1.00 mg/L
Nox .= 34.02 10.00 mg/L
Result of Computation of Nox 35.12
COD/N Ratio .= 11.23 increase Vollume Fill in E84
<7 Fill Strategy >7 Static Fill only
pH 6.5 to 8 to achieve optimal Nitrification

4. DEVELOP W.W CHARACTERISTICS FOR PROCESS DESIGN . % Raw

mg/L
bCOD = So-S .= 1.6(BOD)=sbCOD+rbCOD .= 449.33 0.75 - 0.85
rbCOD , for metabolism .= bCOD-sbCOD .= 314.53 .08-.25
sbCOD metabolish, hydrolysis .= 1.6 ( sBOD ) .= 134.80 0.5 -0.7
Adsorption
nbCOD COD - bCOD 28.08 0.15 - 0.25
nbsCOD, effluent .= sCOD - bsCOD .= 8.43 .04- 0.1
8.43
nbpCOD , Sludge production .= COD - bCOD -nbsCOD .= 19.66 0.07 - 0.2

sBOD .= BODx Settled Fraction .= 84.25

SCOD .= TCOD x Vs/VT .= 143.23
bpCOD .= 1.6 ( BOD-sBOD ) .= 314.53
pCOD .= COD-sCOD .= 334.19
bpCOD/pCOD .= 0.94
VSScod , g COD/g VSS .= (TCOD-sCOD)/ VSS .= 1.54
nbVSSn .= nbpCOD / VSScod .= 12.80
iTSS .= TSSo -VSSo .= 54.40
Calculation
5. SBR operating cycle
Pre Anoxic Denitrification, increase FILL TIME without aeration and decrease settling time
 Post Anoxic Denitrification, decrease FILL TIME applied Oxic before Anoxic increase settling time
Tfill .= Ta+Ts+Td+Ti .= 3.00 hr
Fill .= .= 1.00 hr
Fill Anoxic Mix .= .= 1.00 hr
Fill Aerobic .= .= 1.00 hr
React , Aerate, Ta .= .= 1.50 hr >
Settle , Ts .= .= 0.70 hr
Decant, Td .= .= 0.50 hr
Idle time, Ti .= .= Flexible
TTL Cycle Time .= .= 5.70 hr
#cycles/ tank.d .= .= 4.21 cycle
Total Cycles .= .= 3.00 cycle
Ratio TA / TC .= .= 0.26

6. OVERALL HRT (#tank*VT*24 hrs) /Qdwf .= 26.67 hr

7 VOLUME FILL = V Decant .= VF= Q /( #cycle*#Tank) .= 16.88 m3/fill

Note: Fill Vol. if w/o Equalization .= .= 11.07 m3/module

8. SBR TANK % m3
Decant % = Fill% Vfill = Vdecant .= 0.30 16.88
VS/VT % .= Vsettle = MLSS*SVI /10^6 .= 0.30 16.88
Supernatant % .= Vsup .= 0.40 22.50
Total Reactor Volume .= Vsbr .= 1.00 56.25
VT/ #Tank proposed .= 56.25 m3
8.1 SBR TANK DIMENSION .= Area .= 16.07 m2
Volume SBR 56.25 29.0%
.= L .= 4.41 m
.= W .= 3.64 m
.= D .= 3.50 m
9. Develop Input data to solve the above relationship for SRT
TABLE 8-14 Coefficient Suggested
umax .= gVSS/gVSS d .= 0.90
Valueθ Temp Corrected Umaxcor
1.07 28 0.9 g/g.d x 1.072 ^TD 1.569642656
Ks KNH3 KNO3 .= Half- Velocity coeff, mg/l .= 0.50 Ks COD
YH .= gVSS/gCOD for H .= 0.45 bH
YN .= gVSS/gsubstrate oxidized .= 0.15 SRT
bn .= gVSS/g VSS.d .= 0.12
Valueθ Temp Corrected Umaxcor
1.03 28 0.12 g/g.d x 1.029 ^TD 0.150835735 umax
fd .= g/g .= 0.15
Kd .= mg/l .= 0.50
Ks kd /(umax-kd) .= Smin= .= 0.625
bCOD/BOD .= 1.6 to 1.7 .= 1.70

10. NITRIFIER ENDOGENOUS DECAY bn is higher during aeration and reduced during anoxic
Temp. Diff .= Tsite- T20 .= 8.00 C
bn28C,(aerobic) .= 0.17g/g*d * 1.029^T-20 .= 0.21 g/g.d
% aerobic Time .= Ta/Tc .= 0.26
bn Aero .= bn Aerobic x % Taero .= 0.06 g/g.d
bn28C,(anoxic) .= 0.07g/g*d * 1.029^T-20 .= 0.09 g/g*d
% anoxic Time .= 1-% Ta/TC .= 0.74
bn Ano .= + bn Anoxic x % Tano .= 0.06 g/g*d
bn, average .= bnAe*%Tae +bnAno*%Tano .= 0.12 g/g.d
b12C , (bH) .= 0.12g/g*d * 1.04 ^TD .= 0.16 g/g.d

11. SLUDGE PRODUCTION

( Px, TSS ) Net Waste Produced per day
( Px, TSS )SRT
Hetero .= (QYH(So-S)SRT) .= 62,144.19 If the
microorganism
 If the
(1+(bHSRT))0.85 microorganism
Cell Debris .= (fd.bh.Q.YH(So-S)SRT^2) .= 51,789.07
(1+(bHSRT))0.85
Nitrifying .= (QYn(Nox)SRT) .= 2,017.92
(1 +bnSRT)0.85
nbVSS .= Q(nbVSS)SRT .= 21,920.03
Inert .= Q (TSSo -VSSo )SRT .= 2,753.80
.= 140,625.00
( Px, TSS )SRT .= VT x MLSS .= 140,625.00
Goal seek=0 .= - 0.00
* PXTSS=VX/SRT .= 4,156.85
.= 4.16 kg/day
2.426402252
12. SLUDGE RETENTION TIME .= SRT= QSo/VMLSS .= 33.83 hr

Rule of thumb, SRT>7days need 5gN and 1gPhosporous need 100g BOD to produce excess Nutrients
MLSS * PxTSS*SRT / VT .= 2,500.00 mg/l
MLVSS * PxVSS*SRT / VT 2,141.84 mg/l
FRACTION OF MLVSS * .= 0.86 mg/l

Px, VSS , Total Solid Wasted Daily

( Px, VSS )SRT (QYH(So-S)SRT) .= 52,822.57 44%
(1+(bHSRT)
(fdbH.Q.YH(So-S)SRT^2) .= 44,020.71 37%
(1+(bHSRT)
Mass Nitrifier (QYn.(Nox).SRT) .= 1,715.23 1%
(1 +bnSRT)
Q (nb VSS) SRT .= 21,920.03 18%
.= 120,478.53
( Px, VSS )SRT VT XMLVSS .= 120,478.53
* (Px,VSS) .= 3,561.32 g/day
 .= 3.56 kg/d VSS

Pxbio as VSS Wasted QYH(So-S) .= 1,561.43 g/day

(1+(bHSRT))
(fdbHQYH(So-S) SRT) .= 1,301.24 g/day
(1+(bH)SRT))
QYN (NOx) .= 50.70 g/day
(1+bNSRT)
.= 2,913.37 g/day
Pxbio VSS Wasted kg/d 2.91 kg/d

13. WASTED SLUDGE per day .= PxTSS / CU SG 0.50 kg/d

14. LOADING RATE

F/M Loading .= QSo/XMLVSS* V .= 0.19 g/g*d
0.05 to 0.1 if with Nitrification
0.15 to 0.4 if without Nitrification
.01 to 0.03 gNO3-N /gMLVSS ( post anoxic)
0.04 to .25 gNO3-N/gMLVSS ( preanoxic )
BOD Volumetric Loading .= Q So / V (STD 0.1 to 0.3) .= 0.25 kg/m3*d
TKN Loading .= QTKN .= 2.15 kg/d
bCOD removed .= Q (So-S) .= 22.75 kg bCOD/d
BOD removed .= bCOD removed / 1.6 .= 14.22 kg/d BOD
Observed Yield
Yo TSS .= PxTSS / BOD Removed .= 0.29 g TSS /g BOD
Yo VSS .= TSS x 0.81 .= 0.24 g VSS /g BOD
Yo .= PxTSS / bCOD Removed .= 0.18 g TSS /g COD
Yo, w/o nbsVSS .= Y/(1+(bSRT)) + .= 0.13 gVSS /g BOD
+ fdbYSRT/(1+(b*SRT))

COD Volumetric Loading .= Q So / V (STD 0.1 to 0.3) .= 0.43 kg/m3*d

 C/N=10 excellent in Biological N & Carbon Removal
Control PH & DO, removal eff of TN=93.5%
https://www.ysi.com/ysi-blog/water-blogged-blog/2018/10/implementation-of-solids-retention-time-control-in-wastewater-treatment
15. Calculate Nitrogen for Nitrifier Growth
Daily biomass + Debris Prod .= .= 96.84
Daily Wasting .= (Daily bmass+Debris Prod) / SRT .= 2.86 kg/day
N Synthesis .= .= 6.79 g/m3
Nox .= TKN - Nsyn - NH4_N .= 35.24 g/m3
Mass Nitrifier Correction .= Qyn NOx SRT .= 1.72 kgVSS
1+bH SRT
15.1 Nitrate NO3 produced per cycle
Vol Fill 16.88 m3
Nox produced per cycle Nox x Vol fill 594.71 gm
VT 56.25
NOX conc NOX prod x VT 10.57 g/m3

16 Nitrification
NH4-N oxidized to NOx or Nitrate. * In= Out +Oxidized
Nsynthesis .= 0.12gN /g B.mass* Pxbio /Q .= 6.91 g/m3
.= Pxbiomass Full .= 2.91 kg/day
.= TKN .= 42.53 g/m3
.= NH4 eff .= 0.50 g/m3
NOx Produced .= TKN - Ne - 0.12 PxBIO /Q .= 35.12 g/m3
83%
17. Anoxic Reaction Time
Px Bio first stage 2.91 kg/day
Xb .= Pxbiomass xSRT/VT .= 1,752.15 g/m3 at full volume
Biomass in Tank .= Xb*VT .= 98.56 mg
SDNR
NOX Nitrate Removal Rate in anoxic reaction time .= SDNR *Xb*VT .= 27,272.95 g/day
Fill time .= .= 3.00 hr
 NOX Removal, g .= NOX *Fill Time/24 .= 3,409.12 Nitrififying rate
Nitrate Removal in g/day Nox Q .= 1,778.06 g/day
Anoxic time NO3 removal* Cycle Time .= 0.52 hr
24hrs/cycle .= 8.00 hr

18. NO3-N removal capacity during fill

Xb= Pxbiomass xSRT/VT 1,752.15 g/m3 at full volume
NOx= SDNR Xb VT 13,554.73 g/d
Fill time 3.00 hr
NO removal at fill time gm 1,694.34 TRUE
Nox after decant 416.30 gm

19 Nitrate NO3 remains in SBR after decant ( Assume no Denitrification during settling and decant)
Check NO3-N Removal during Fill Period Pre Anoxic Denitrification
Pxvss .= Hetero +Cell Debris .= 96.84 kg
Daily Wasting Pxvss/SRT .= 2.86 kg/day
Nsynthesis .= 0.12 gN/gVSS*Pxbio/Q .= 6.79 g/m3
NOX produced .= TKN - Ne - Nsyn .= 35.24 g/m3

20. Anoxic Reaction Time ( Ref Ex 8-11) Mettcalf)

Xb .= Px Biomass SRT / VT .= 1,752.15 g/m3
BIomass in the mixed liquor MLVSS *.4 gNO3/gMLVSS 856.74 g/m3
Biomass .= Xb*VT .= 98.56 kg
NOX Nitrate Removal Rate under anoxic react time .= SDNR *Xb*VT .= 27,272.95 g/day
Fill time .= .= 3.00 hr
NOX Removal, g RNO3 .= NOX *Fill Time/24 .= 3,409.12 Nitrififying rate
Nitrate Removal in g/day Nox Q 1,784.14 g/day
Anoxic Reaction Time NO3 removal* Cycle Time 0.52 hr
24hrs/cycle 8.00
21. NITRATE Reduction from Endogenous decay
RNO3 Q (NO3 in-NO3out) 500.51 g/day
 Vanox refer (Ex-8-10 Mettcalf) RNO3/ 1.42 /2.86 bh Xh 3.50 m3
2.80 hr
Rate of biomass decay, Rvss bh Xb Vanox 1,008.07 gVSS/d
Ammonia Prod rate .06gNH3 / gVSS * Rvss 60.48 g/d
Ammonia change in conc NH4 Prod rate /Q 1.19 g/m3
Produced in aeration period and removed by denitrification in the unaerated fill period

22.Nitrate left after Decant in SBR mixed liquor

Post Anoxic Denitrification mode
NOX conc removed after aeration or Unaerated Fill .= 35.24 g/m3
.= VF/Cycle .= 16.88 m3
NOX produced per cycle .= NOX *VF .= 594.71 g NO3 FILL cycle
NO3 Conc end of aeration, Ne same value of initial NO .= NO3 produced / VT .= 10.57 g/m3
Vs .= VT-VF .= 39.38 m3
NO3-N remain after decant or present .= NO3 eff .= 416.30 g

23. Assume all organic Nitrogen is converted to NH4-N

NH4 conc in VT .= NH4 conc after Fill / VT .= 13.11 g/m3
NH4 added VT .= (VF* NH4) + (VS*Ne) .= 737.35 g.
NH4 added during fill .= VF * NH4 .= 717.66 g.

Oxidizable NH4-N to NOX added /cycle .= VF /Cycle x NOX .= 592.69 g TKN @ VT

.= VF/Cycle .= 16.88 m3
.= Nox conc .= 35.12 g/m3
NH4-N remaining before FILL .= Vs*Ne .= 19.69 g
.= Vs = VT-VF .= 39.38 m3
Target N effluent .= Ne conc .= 0.50 g/m3
Total Oxidizable N at beginning of Cycle .= VF*Nox + Vs*Ne 612.37 g.
Initial conc, No .= NOx total at initial cycle /VT .= 10.89 g/m3

24. Reaction Time

If Reaction Time < Design Aeration Time ; True then the target NH4-N Ne effluent to 0.5g/m3 can be achieve.
 Reaction time after fill to achieve desired NH4-N, Eq 8-53
Reaction time, Tr in Hr .= Kn ln No/Nt + (No-Nt) .= 1.09 TRUE
Xn (umaxYn) (DO/Ko+DO)
OK , design Aeration time can meet target NH4-N effluent level! Aeration Time Ta .= 1.50 hr

Given Input Kn .= 0.50

No .= 10.89 g/m3
Target NH4 -N effluent .= Ne .= 0.50 g/m3
.= So = DO .= 2.00 g/m3
Umax, AOB, umax 12c .= 0.9 g/g.d x 1.072 ^TD .= 1.57 g/g.d
Nitrifier Concentration, Xn .= Q*YN (NOx)SRT .= 31.48 g/m3
.@ PXVSS /V (1 +bN*SRT) *V
Concentration .= NOx removal / V .= 0.62 g/m3
Ko .= .= 0.50 g/m3
YN 0.15 VSS/substrate
25. Oxygen
O2 Reqd, Ro .= Q(So-S) -1.42Pxbio+ 4.57QNOx 26.74 kg/d
Carbonaceous O2 Reqt for Nitrification .= Q (So-S) .= 22.75 kg/d
O2 reduction in Denitrification .= 1.42 Pxbio .= 4.14 kg/d
O2 for NH4 & NO2 Oxidtn to NO3 .= 4.57 Q Nox .= 8.13 kg/d
Ro reqd /Cycle .= Ro / No. Cycle pday .= 8.91 kg O2/cycle
AOTR, Ave. O2 Transfer Rate .= Ro /Cycle / Ta .= 5.94 kgO2/h

26. Check Alkalinity 40 to 70 alkalinity after decant

Prepare Alkalinity Balance
Alkalinity to maintain .= .= 7.00 pH
Influent Alkalinity .= .= 140.00 g/m3 as CaCo3
Amt of N Converted to N03 .= NOx .= 35.12 g/m3
Alkality used for Nitrification .= 7.14*Nox .= 250.77 g/m3as CaCo3
Residual Alkalinity .= Influent -Alk use + Alk to be added .= 70.00
.= .= 180.77
Alkalinity to be added .= .= 9.15 kg/day as CaCO3
 .= .= 84.00 g/eq
.= .= 50.00 gCACO3/equiv
NaHCO3 added .= .= 15.37 kg/d NaHCO3

27. Phosporous Removal (Note High Nitrate and Low VFA Acid not good for P removal)
VFA /rbCOD = 0.20
P sysnthesis .= 0.015 Pxbio = 43.70
Normalized Q P removal .= Psynthesis / Q = 0.86
Effluent P .= Influent P - PEff -P syn = 3.65
rbCOD = 314.53
rbCOD/P = 15.00 g/d
Premoval .= rbCOD / rbCOD/P = 20.97

rbCOD in influent .= Q *rbCOD = 15,923.26

rbCOD consumed by nitrate .= g NO3-N/d =
NO3-N feed to Anaerobic zone .= R Q No3-N = 889.03
.= rbCOD / NO3-N = 8.96
rbCOD used by NO3-N .= g rbCOD /g NO3-N x RQ NO3-N /d = 7,961.63
.= g/d
rbCOD available .= rbCOD available = 7,961.63
rbCOD .= rbCOD available / Q = 157.27
.= g/m3 = 15.00
P removal .= rbCOD / 15grbCOD /gP = 10.48

Design Summary Design Result Value Unit

Average flow .= 50.63 m3/d
Average BOD load .= 14.22 kg/d
Average TKN load .= 2.15 kg/d
No. of tanks .= 1.00 Number
SBR Operating Time
Fill time .= 3.00 hr
 React time .= 1.50 hr
Total Aeration time .= 1.50 hr
Settle time .= 0.70 hr
Decant time .= 0.50 hr
Cycle time .= 5.70 hr
Note: Dimensions would change as per actual plant alyout
SBR Tank Volume .= 56.25 m3
Length .= 4.41 m
Width .= 3.64 m
Depth .= 3.50 m
Total SRT .= 33.83 d

VF /cycle .= 16.88 m3
Fill level .= 1.05 m
Decant depth .= 1.05 m
VF/ VT Fraction .= 0.30 Ratio

MLSS .= 2,500.00 g/m3

MLVSS .= 2,141.84 g/m3
F/M .= 0.19 g/g.d
Volumetric BOD load .= 0.25 kg/m3.d
PxTSS .= 4.16 kg/d
PxVSS .= 3.56 kg/day
Pxbio .= 2.91 kg/day
NOX .= 35.12 VSS g N / g VS
Yovss .= 0.29 kg VSS/kg BOD
Yotss .= 0.24 kg TSS/kg BCOD
Wasting Sludge .= 0.50 m3/day

REFERENCE : METCALF & EDDY