Design parameters

Td 12,0 °C Design temperature

Qd 22700 m /d3
Design flow
zd 500 m Design mean elevation of the p
Influent wastewater characterisation
tCOD0 300 mg tCOD/L Influent total COD
sCOD0 132 mg sCOD/L Influent soluble COD
rbCOD0 80 mg rbCOD/L Influent readily biodegradable
tBOD5,0 140 mg tBOD5/L Influent total BOD5
sBOD5,0 70 mg sBOD5/L Influent soluble BOD5
(bCOD/BOD5)0 1,60 - Ratio between biodegradabile
TSS0 70 mg TSS/L Influent total suspended solids
VSS0 60 mg VSS/L Influent volatile suspended sol
TKN 0 35 mg N/L Influent total Kjeldahl nitrogen
alk0 140 mg CaCO3/L Influent alcalinity
pCOD0 168 mg pCOD/L Influent particulate COD
bCOD0 224 mg bCOD/L Influent biodegradable COD
nbCOD0 76 mg nbCOD/L Influent nonbiodegradable CO
nbsCOD0 20 mg nbsCOD/L Influent nonbiodegradable sol
nbpCOD0 56 mg nbpCOD/L Influent nonbiodegradable par
rbCOD0/bCOD0 0,36 kg rbCOD/kg bCOD Readily biodegradable COD to
VSSCOD,0 2,80 g pCOD/g VSS COD content of influent volatil
nbVSS0 20 mg VSS/L Influent nonbiodegradable vol
iTSS0 10 mg TSS/L Influent inert total suspended s
Effluent wastewater characterisation
tCODe 100 mg tCOD/L Effluent total COD
VSSCOD,e 1,42 g pCOD/g VSS COD content of effluent volatil
TSSe 30 mg TSS/L Effluent total suspended solids
+
NH 4-N e 0,5 mg NH 4-N/L
+
Effluent ammonia nitrogen
NO-3-N e 6,0 mg NO-3-N/L Effluent nitrate nitrogen
VSSe 23,5 mg VSS/L Effluent volatile suspended sol
nbsCODe 20,0 mg nbsCOD/L Effluent nonbiodegradable sol
pCODe 33,4 mg pCOD/L Effluent particulate COD
bCODe 46,6 mg bCOD/L Effluent biodegradable COD
Minimum sludge age for carbon removal
µh,max,20 6,0 d-1 Maximum specific heterotrophi
θ 1,07 - Temperature coefficient for het
Kh,bCOD,20 8,0 mg bCOD/L Half-velocity constant for heter
θ 1,00 - Temperature coefficient for het
bh,20 0,12 d-1 Specific endogenous decay coe
θ 1,04 - Temperature coefficient for het
Kh,bCOD,T 8,0 mg bCOD/L Half-velocity constant for heter
µh,max,T 3,5 d -1
Maximum specific heterotrophi
µh,T 3,0 d-1 Specific heterotrophic bacteria
bh,T 0,09 d -1
Specific endogenous decay coe
SRTmin 0,35 d Minimum sludge retention time
SF 1,7 - Safety factor on minimum sludg
Minimum sludge age for nitrification
µAOB,max,20 0,90 d-1 Maximum specific AOB growth
θ 1,072 - Temperature coefficient for AO
KAOB,NH4,20 0,50 mg NH 4-N/L
+
Ammonia nitrogen half-velocity
θ 1,00 - Temperature coefficient for AO
KAOB,o,20 0,50 mg O2/L Oxygen half-velocity constant f
θ 1,00 - Temperature coefficient for AO
bAOB,20 0,17 d -1
Specific endogenous decay coe
θ 1,029 - Temperature coefficient for AO
KAOB,NH4,T 0,50 mg NH 4-N/L
+
Ammonia nitrogen half-velocity
KAOB,o,T 0,50 mg O2/L Oxygen half-velocity constant f
µAOB,max,T 0,52 d -1
Maximum specific AOB growth
µAOB,T 0,21 d-1 Specific AOB growth rate at de
bAOB,T 0,14 d -1
Specific endogenous decay coe
SRTmin 14,1 d Minimum sludge retention time
SF 1,4 - Safety factor on minimum sludg
Sludge age selection
SRTd 21,0 d Design sludge retention time
Check Ok - Check on minimum sludge rete
Effluent wastewater prediction
µNOB,max,20 1,00 d-1 Maximum specific NOB growth
θ 1,063 - Temperature coefficient for NO
KNOB,NO2,20 0,20 mg NO-2-N/L Nitrite nitrogen half-velocity co
θ 1,00 - Temperature coefficient for NO
KNOB,o,20 0,90 mg O2/L Oxygen half-velocity constant f
θ 1,00 - Temperature coefficient for NO
bNOB,20 0,17 d-1 Specific endogenous decay coe
θ 1,029 - Temperature coefficient for NO
KNOB,NO2,T 0,20 mg NO-2-N/L Nitrite nitrogen half-velocity co
KNOB,o,T 0,90 mg O2/L Oxygen half-velocity constant f
µNOB,max,T 0,61 d-1 Maximum specific NOB growth
bNOB,T 0,14 d -1
Specific endogenous decay coe
bCODe,d 0,32 mg bCOD/L Effluent biodegradable COD a
tCODe,d 53,8 mg COD/L Effluent COD at design sludge
NH+ 4-N e,d 0,40 mg NH+ 4-N/L Effluent ammonia nitrogen at d
NO-2-N e,d 0,15 mg NO-2-N/L Effluent nitrite at design sludge
NO-3-N e,d 6,0 mg NO-3-N/L Reduced nitrate nitrogen at de
Waste sludge production
Yh 0,45 g VSS/g bCOD Synthesis yeld coefficient for he
Yn 0,15 g VSS/g NO-3-N Synthesis yeld coefficient for AO
fd 0,15 - Fraction of cell mass remaining
fv 0,85 g VSS/g TSS Ratio between volatile and tot
NO-3-N n,d 28,9 mg NO-3-N/L Concentration of nitrified amm
Px,bio 1052 kg VSS/d Biomass production
Px,VSS 1506 kg VSS/d Volatile suspended solids to b
Px,TSS 1919 kg TSS/d Total suspended solids to be w
Aerobic tank sizing
xTSS 3,00 kg TSS/m3 Total suspended solids concen
Haer,d 4,90 m Design depth of the aerobic re
XVSS,aer 31624 kg VSS Volatile suspended solids insid
XTSS,aer 40290 kg TSS Total suspended solids inside
VSS/TSS 0,78 g VSS/g TSS Ratio between volatile and tot
Vaer 13430 m3 Volume of the aerobic reactor
A aer 2741 m 2
Area of the aerobic reactor
L aer,d 77,00 m Design length of the aerobic re
Waer,d 36,00 m Design width of the aerobic rea
A aer,d 2772 m2 Design area of the aerobic reac
Check Ok - Check on minimum aerobic rea
Vaer,d 13583 m3 Design volume of the aerobic r
xTSS,d 2,97 kg TSS/m 3
Design total suspended solids
xVSS,d 2,33 kg VSS/m3 Design volatile suspended soli
xb,d 1,24 kg VSS/m 3
Design active biomass concent
Pre-anoxic tank sizing
θ 1,026 - Temperature coefficient for SDN
Vanox,d 2162 m3 Design volume of the anoxic re
F/Manox 1,18 kg tBOD5/(kg VSS∙d) Food-to-Mass ratio of the ano
b0 0,235 - SDNR coefficient
b1 0,141 - SDNR coefficient
SDNR 20 0,26 mg NO-3-N/(g VSS∙d) Specific DeNitrification Rate at
SDNR T 0,21 mg NO-3-N/(g VSS∙d) Specific DeNitrification Rate at
SDNR T,adj 0,19 mg NO-3-N/(g VSS∙d) Specific DeNitrification Rate at
L(NO-3-N r,d) 520,8 kg NO-3-N/d Reduced nitrate nitrogen load
L(NO-3-N r) 520,7 kg NO-3-N/d Nitrate nitrogen load to be red
Check Ok - Check on reduced nitrate nitro
Funct 0,1 kg NO-3-N/d Residual capacity to reduce nit
Recycle streams
xTSS,r 8,00 kg TSS/m3 Total suspended solids concen
R 0,59 - Sludge recycle ratio
IR 3,23 - Internal Recycle ratio
Functional parameters
HRTanox 2,3 h Hydraulic retention time of the
HRTaer 14,4 h Hydraulic retention time of the
F/Maer 0,03 kg tBOD5/(kg VSS∙d) Food-to-Mass ratio of the aero
VL aer 0,08 kg tBOD5/(m ∙d)
3
Volumetric BOD5 loading of th
0,38 g TSS/g bCOD
Yobs,TSS Observed yield based on total
0,60 g TSS/g tBOD5
0,30 g VSS/g bCOD
Yobs,VSS Observed yield based on volat
0,47 g VSS/g tBOD5
Process oxygen demand
CL 2,00 mg O2/L Operating dissolved oxygen co
Hdiff 0,50 m Elevation of air release from ae
SOTE diff 35,0 % Standard Oxygen Transfer Effic
α 0,50 - Relative oxygen transfer rate in
β 0,95 - Relative dissolved oxygen satu
F 0,90 - Fouling factor
de 0,40 - Mid-depth correction factor
Ro 5096 kg O2/d Oxygen demand
patm,z/patm,0 0,94 - Ratio between atmospheric pre
C*s,20 9,09 mg O2/L Dissolved oxygen saturation co
C*s,T 10,78 mg O2/L Dissolved oxygen saturation co
C*∞,20 10,64 mg O2/L Dissolved oxygen saturation co
SOTR 15691 kg O2/d Standard Oxygen Transfer Rate
ρa 1,166 kg/m3 Density of air
Mo 0,270 kg O2/m 3
Oxygen content by weight
6910 m3/h
Qa Air flowrate
6234 Nm3/h
Process alkalinity demand
Peq,CaCO3 50,0 g CaCO3/eq Equivalent weight of calcium ca
Peq,NaHCO3 84,0 g NaHCO3/eq Equivalent weight of sodium b
alkadd,CaCO3 1242 kg CaCO3/d Alkalinity to be added as calciu
alkadd,NaHCO3 2087 kg NaHCO3/d Alkalinity to be added as sodiu
esign temperature
esign flow
esign mean elevation of the plant

fluent total COD

fluent soluble COD
fluent readily biodegradable COD
fluent total BOD5
fluent soluble BOD5
atio between biodegradabile influent COD and BOD5
fluent total suspended solids
fluent volatile suspended solids
fluent total Kjeldahl nitrogen
fluent alcalinity
fluent particulate COD
fluent biodegradable COD
fluent nonbiodegradable COD
fluent nonbiodegradable soluble COD
fluent nonbiodegradable particulate COD
eadily biodegradable COD to biodegradable COD ratio
OD content of influent volatile suspended solids
fluent nonbiodegradable volatile suspended solids
fluent inert total suspended solids

fluent total COD

OD content of effluent volatile suspended solids
fluent total suspended solids
fluent ammonia nitrogen
fluent nitrate nitrogen
fluent volatile suspended solids
fluent nonbiodegradable soluble COD
fluent particulate COD
fluent biodegradable COD

aximum specific heterotrophic bacteria growth rate at 20°C

emperature coefficient for heterotrophic bacteria's growth
alf-velocity constant for heterotrophic bacteria at 20°C
emperature coefficient for heterotrophic bacteria's half-velocity constant
pecific endogenous decay coefficient for heterotrophic bacteria at 20°C
emperature coefficient for heterotrophic bacteria's decay
alf-velocity constant for heterotrophic bacteria at design temperature
aximum specific heterotrophic bacteria growth rate at design temperature
pecific heterotrophic bacteria growth rate at design temperature
pecific endogenous decay coefficient for heterotrophic bacteria at design temperature
inimum sludge retention time
fety factor on minimum sludge retention time

aximum specific AOB growth rate at 20°C

emperature coefficient for AOB's growth
mmonia nitrogen half-velocity constant for AOB at 20°C
emperature coefficient for AOB bacteria's ammonia nitrogen half-velocity constant
xygen half-velocity constant for AOB at 20°C
emperature coefficient for AOB's oxygen half-velocity constant
pecific endogenous decay coefficient for AOB at 20°C
emperature coefficient for AOB's decay
mmonia nitrogen half-velocity constant for AOB at design temperature
xygen half-velocity constant for AOB at design temperature
aximum specific AOB growth rate at design temperature
pecific AOB growth rate at design temperature
pecific endogenous decay coefficient for AOB at design temperature
inimum sludge retention time
fety factor on minimum sludge retention time

esign sludge retention time

heck on minimum sludge retention time

aximum specific NOB growth rate at 20°C

emperature coefficient for NOB's growth
trite nitrogen half-velocity constant for NOB at 20°C
emperature coefficient for NOB bacteria's nitrite nitrogen half-velocity constant
xygen half-velocity constant for NOB at 20°C
emperature coefficient for NOB's oxygen half-velocity constant
pecific endogenous decay coefficient for NOB at 20°C
emperature coefficient for NOB's decay
trite nitrogen half-velocity constant for NOB at design temperature
xygen half-velocity constant for NOB at design temperature
aximum specific NOB growth rate at design temperature
pecific endogenous decay coefficient for NOB at design temperature
fluent biodegradable COD at design sludge retention time
fluent COD at design sludge retention time
fluent ammonia nitrogen at design sludge retention time
fluent nitrite at design sludge retention time
educed nitrate nitrogen at design volume

nthesis yeld coefficient for heterotrophic bateria

nthesis yeld coefficient for AOB
action of cell mass remaining as debris
atio between volatile and total suspended solids in biomass
oncentration of nitrified ammonia nitrogen at design sludge retention time
omass production
olatile suspended solids to be wasted
otal suspended solids to be wasted

otal suspended solids concentration inside the reactor

esign depth of the aerobic reactor
olatile suspended solids inside the aerobic reactor
otal suspended solids inside the aerobic reactor
atio between volatile and total suspended solids inside the biological section
olume of the aerobic reactor
ea of the aerobic reactor
esign length of the aerobic reactor
esign width of the aerobic reactor
esign area of the aerobic reactor
heck on minimum aerobic reactor volume
esign volume of the aerobic reactor
esign total suspended solids concentration inside the biological section
esign volatile suspended solids concentration inside the biological section
esign active biomass concentration inside the biological section

emperature coefficient for SDNR

esign volume of the anoxic reactor
ood-to-Mass ratio of the anoxic reactor
DNR coefficient
DNR coefficient
pecific DeNitrification Rate at 20°C
pecific DeNitrification Rate at design temperature
pecific DeNitrification Rate at design temperature adjusted to account for internal recycle
educed nitrate nitrogen load at design volume
trate nitrogen load to be reduced
heck on reduced nitrate nitrogen load
esidual capacity to reduce nitrate nitrogen load

otal suspended solids concentration of the sludge recycle stream

udge recycle ratio
ternal Recycle ratio

ydraulic retention time of the anoxic reactor

ydraulic retention time of the aerobic reactor
ood-to-Mass ratio of the aerobic reactor
olumetric BOD5 loading of the aerobic reactor

bserved yield based on total suspended solids

bserved yield based on volatile suspended solids

perating dissolved oxygen concentration

evation of air release from aerobic tank bottom
andard Oxygen Transfer Efficiency (SOTE)
elative oxygen transfer rate in process water versus clean water
elative dissolved oxygen saturation to clean water
ouling factor
id-depth correction factor
xygen demand
atio between atmospheric pressure at the site and atmospheric pressure at sea level
ssolved oxygen saturation concentration at surface and 20°C
ssolved oxygen saturation concentration at surface and design temperature
ssolved oxygen saturation concentration at sea level and 20°C
andard Oxygen Transfer Rate
ensity of air
xygen content by weight

r flowrate

quivalent weight of calcium carbonate

quivalent weight of sodium bicarbonate
kalinity to be added as calcium carbonate
kalinity to be added as sodium bicarbonate