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The document provides calculations for designing a secondary clarifier for a waste water treatment plant with a primary effluent flow rate of 2.8 MGD. It calculates the recycle activated sludge rate, peak hourly flow rate, and clarifier area needed based on average and peak surface overflow and solids loading rates. The largest required area is 5,091 square feet. With 4 clarifiers, the calculated diameter for each would be approximately 56 feet.

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Clarifier Calculation

The document provides calculations for designing a secondary clarifier for a waste water treatment plant with a primary effluent flow rate of 2.8 MGD. It calculates the recycle activated sludge rate, peak hourly flow rate, and clarifier area needed based on average and peak surface overflow and solids loading rates. The largest required area is 5,091 square feet. With 4 clarifiers, the calculated diameter for each would be approximately 56 feet.

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Luigi Andrew Mercado
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Activated Sludge Waste Water Treatment Calculations - U.S.

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2. Secondary Clarifier Design


MGD *10^6
Inputs Calculations

Prim. Effl. Flow Rate, Q = 2.8 MGD Recycle Act. Sl. Rate, Qr = 0.84

Return Act. Sl. Ratio, R = 0.3 Peak Hourly Flow Rate, Qp = 6.3

Aeration Tank MLSS, X = 2100 mg/L Calculate Clarifier Area based on SOR

Design Surface Based on ave. Flow: A1 = 5091


Overflow Rate, SOR = 550 gal/d/ft2 (ave) Based on Peak Flow: A2 = 4846
2
1300 gal/d/ft (peak) The larger of the two areas is: 5091
Design Solids
Loading Rate, SLR = 1.0 lb/hr/ft2 (ave) Calculate Clarifier Area based on SLR
2
1.6 lb/hr/ft (peak)
Based on ave. Flow: A3 = 2656
Peaking Factor, PF = 2.25 Based on Peak Flow: A4 = 3256
(for peak hourly flow) The larger of the two areas is: 3256

Area needed for Clarifier, A = 5091


(The largest of A1, A2, A3, & A4) A1

Calculate Circular Clarifier Diameter:

Number of Clarifier, N = 4 Clarifier Diameter, D = 3256


MGD A = MGD * mg/L * lb/hr/ft2
= 1E+06 gallons 3.79 L
MGD day 1 gallon
lb
hr
= 3E-01
2
ft A1
ft2 A2
2
ft

ft2 A3
ft2 A4
2
ft

ft2

ft
1 day mg 2.2 lb 1 kg
24 hrs L 1 kg 1E+06 mg

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