Environmental Engineering

Chapter 3
Solved Problems in BOD

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Concept of 5‐day BOD test

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Example 1

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BOD and Pollution Flowrate

Example 2
A wastewater stream has a BOD of 4000 mg/L. Calculate the
flowrate of BOD (in kg/hr) if the wastewater has a flowrate of
5000 m3/hr , the density of wastewater as 1,05 gr/cm3

Solution:
BOD Flowrate in kg/hr =
(5000 m3/hr) x (4000 mg/L) x (1 kg/106mg) x(103 L/1 m3)=
20*103 kg/hr
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Time dependent BOD values

Notations about BOD

Ultimate BOD : Yu or BODu

BOD at any time : Yt or BODt

5‐day BOD : Y5 or BOD5

k20 : rate constant at temp 20 C

kT : rate constant at temp T

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Example 3
A sample of wastewater has BOD5 of 150mg/L at 20 Co and
a 5‐day BOD of 240mg/L. K value is Known to be 0.23/day
Calculate BOD8 at 20 Co

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Example 4
A sample of wastewater has an ultimate BOD of 280mg/L
and a 5‐day BOD of 240mg/L.
Calculate k value then Calculate 20‐day BOD of this sample.

240 = 280 (1‐e‐k*5) k = 0.39 d‐1

Then 10‐day BOD:

Y10 = Yu (1‐e‐k*10) = 280 (1‐e‐0.39*10) = 274.32 mg/L

Then 20‐day BOD:

Y20 = Yu (1‐e‐k*20) = 280 (1‐e‐0.39*20) = 279.88 mg/L 7