Question

A waste treatment settling tank treats an industrial waste inflow (QIN) of 0.2 m3/s with a suspended particulate concentration (CIN) of 2000 mg/L. The settling reactor has a sludge flow (SS) to a centrifuge of 360 grams/s, and a flow (QS) of 0.050 m3/s. The centrifuge has a return flow (QR) to the settling tank of 0.048 m3/s and a concentration (CR) of 408 mg/L.
1. What is the effluent flow (QE, in m3/s), concentration (CE, in mg/L) and particulate mass flow (SE, in grams/s)
2. What is the concentration (CDW) and particulate mass flow rate (SDW) for the dewatered sludge?

Answer 1

The effluent flow in concentration and particulate mass flow will be 0.198m³/sec.

How to calculate the effluent flow?

It should be noted that the total inflow will be equal to the total outflow. Therefore,

0.2 + 0.048 = 0.05 + We

Collect like terms

Qe = 0.2 + 0.048 - 0.05

Qe = 0.198m³/sec

The concentration will be:

= (360 × 1000)/0.05

= 7200mg/L.

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