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Cive / Cbe 540 Mass Balances: Sybil Sharvelle
Cive / Cbe 540 Mass Balances: Sybil Sharvelle
Cive / Cbe 540 Mass Balances: Sybil Sharvelle
Mass Balances
Sybil Sharvelle
Thinking Question
Conservation of mass
Mass is neither created nor destroyed
Mass input = Mass output
[Accumulation] = [Input] [Reaction] [Output]
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Mass Balances
[Accumulation] = [Input] [Reaction] [Output]
Accumulation = dC1V
Input = QCodt
Reaction = Vrdt
Output = QC1dt
Q = Flow (volume/time)
C = Concentration (mass/volume)
V = Volume (volume)
r = reaction (mass/volume-time)
t = time (time)
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Mass Balances
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Mass Balances
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Relation to Monod Kinetics
qS
rut Xa
K S
rut rate of substrate utilizatio n (ML-3T 1 )
q maximum specific rate of substrate utilizatio n
K half saturation constant (M/L3 )
S substrate concentrat ion (M/L3 )
X a biomass concentrat ion (M/L3 )
effluent?
Q = 5 MGD
Q = 5 MGD Q=? = 10 hours
C=? CA = ? C=?
C = 100 mg/L
Q = 3 MGD
C=?
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Example
2 Unknowns, Need 2 Equations
Q = 5 MGD
Q = 5 MGD Q=? = 10 hours
C=? CA = ? CA = ?
C = 100 mg/L
Q = 3 MGD
CA = ?
Example
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Q = 5 MGD 3 Q=?
C = 100 mg/L C=?
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Q = 3 MGD
C=?
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Example
Q = 5 MGD
Q = 5 MGD Q=? = 10 hours
C=? CA = ? C=?
C = 100 mg/L
Q = 3 MGD
C=?
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Example
Q3 = 8MGD Q3 = 8MGD
= 10 hours
CA = ? CA = ?
C3 = ?
k = 0.5 hr-1
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Thinking Question