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Consider the feasibility of treating the wastewater from the town of Nancy (Problem in a s...

Consider the feasibility of treating the wastewater from the town of Nancy (Problem in a single stage trickling-filter plant, as diagrammed in Figure 12.21, using lugh- density cross-flow media with a specific surface area of 42 ft2/ft3. Use the same filter surface area as calculated for stone-media filtration in Problem 12.31 (A = 4600 ft2) and a recirculation ratio of 0.5.The design wastewater temperature is 15°C. As determined from laboratory testing, the soluble (filtered) BOD of the primary effluent is 100 mg/l or less, compared to the unsettled unfiltered BOD of 160 mg/l. The soluble effluent BOD concentration of trickling-filter plants treating similar wastewaters is approximately 50% of the unfiltered BOD concentration. From pilot-plant studies and full-scale experience, the manufacturer ol the cross-flow media recommends a reaction-rate coefficient at 20°C of 0.0030 (gpm/fl2)0.5 for a media depth of 6.6 ft (2.0 m). From these data, calculate the solu­ble effluent BOD and double this value for the estimated effluent BOD.

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