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FACULTY OF ENGINEERING
MAY 2014
PROGRAMME
MODULE NAME
Wastewater Engineering
Friday
DATE
MODULE CODE
09 May 2014
TIME
NO. OF
QUESTIONS SET
DURATION
NO. OF QUESTIONS
TO BE ATTEMPTED
INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
Answer ALL questions.
All questions carry equal marks.
CIVE 3223(5)
/CIVE 4016
2 hours
4
b)
Calculate the surface overflow rate, detention time, and weir loading rates
for the design flow and peak flow.
[14 marks]
(ii)
Range
Typical
values
Detention time, h
1.5-2.5
2.0
32-50
40
78-120
100
125-500
260
Based on the above information, comment on your results in (i). and make
recommendations as necessary.
[5 marks]
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b)
Explain the Monod model and its relevance to the activated sludge process.
[5 marks]
c)
The hydraulic retention time and volume of the activated sludge reactor.
The volumetric loading rate in kg BOD5/m3-day to the reactor.
The F/M ratio in the reactor.
The mass and volume of solids wasted each day, at an underflow solids
concentration Xu = 12,000 mg/L.
The sludge recirculation ratio.
The volume of solids that must be wasted each day, if the solids are wasted
directly from the activated sludge reactor instead of from the underflow.
[14 marks]
Question 3
a)
b)
i)
With the aid of a schematic diagram(s), explain how the attached growth
process works.
[6 marks]
ii)
b)
c)
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