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How to Calculate Aeration Tank Air Quantity?

This example in connection with our previous post,

How to calculate Aeration Tank Volume?

 

Total BOD to be removed (Influent) = 250 mg/l (assume) x 1400  = 350 kg/Day (we consider 1400 M3/Day Effluent Plant)

Hence O2 to be transferred =350 kg/Day

Method of Aeration = Fine Bubble Diffuser

SOTE (Standard O2 Transfer Efficiency For 300 mm disc type diffuser submergence) =20%

Hence O2 required 350/0.20 =1750 kg/day.

Assuming alpha Factor (Ratio of SOTE in clean water to effluent water)=0.8 and

Another alpha Factor (Factor for fouling of diffusers) =0.8

Oxygen requirement =2734 kg/day {Oxygen % in the atmospheric air = 23.2%}

Hence, Air Requirement =11790 kg/day {With Sp.gravity of Air at 50°C =0.8 kg/M³}

Air requirement = 14737 M³/Day = 614 M³/Hr

Allowing 5% extra, So 650 M³/Hr @ 0.5 kg/cm2 blower can be select 

further note below points too.,

one more point to be consider the Depth of aeration Tank,  suppose it is 4 metre depth select 0.5 or 0.6 kg/cm² in blower side.

T.P.Sivanandan:

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