Sedimentation tanks

The trend in the use of deep bed filters in water treatment is to eliminate conventional flocculators and sedimentation tanks, and to employ the filter as a flocculation reactor for direct filtration of low turbidity waters. The constraints of batch operation can be removed by using one of the available continuous filters which provide continuous backwashing of a portion of the medium. Such systems include moving bed filters, radial flow filters, or traveling backwash filters. Further development of continuous deep bed filters is likely. Besides clarification of Hquids, which is the most frequent use, deep bed filters can also be used to concentrate soflds into a much smaller volume of backwash, or even to wash the soflds by using a different Hquid for the backwash. Deep bed filtration has a much more limited use in the chemical industry than cake filtration (see Water, Industrial water treatment Water, Municipal WATERTREATiffiNT Water Water, pollution and Water, reuse). 

FIG. 25-47 Schematic diagram of a chemical precipitation system for rectangular sedimentation tanks. 

Sedimentation Tanks These tanks are an integral part of any activated-sludge system. It is essential to separate the suspended solids from the treated liquid if a high-quality effluent is to be produced. Circular sedimentation tanks with various types of hydraulic sludge collectors have become the standard secondary sedimentation system. Square tanks have been used with common-wall construc tion for compact design with multiple tanks. Most secondary sedimentation tanks use center-feed inlets and peripheral-weir outlets. Recently, efforts have been made to employ peripheral inlets with submerged-orifice flow controllers and either center-weir outlets or peripheral-weir outlets adjacent to the peripheral-inlet channel. 

Depth tends to be determined from the retention time and the surface overflow rate. As surface overflow rates were reduced, the depth of sedimentation tanks was reduced to keep retention time from being excessive. It was recognized that depth was a valid design parameter and was more critical in some systems than retention time. As mixed-liquor suspended-solids (MESS) concentrations increase, the depth should also be increased. Minimum sedimentation-tank depths for variable operations should be 3.0 m (10 ft) with depths to 4.5 m (15 ft) if 3000 mg/L MESS concentrations are to be maintained under variable hydraulic conditions. With MESS concentrations above 4000 mg/L, the depth of the sedimentation tank should be increased to 6.0 m (20 ft). The key is to keep a definite freeboard over the settled-sludge blanket so that variable hydraulic flows do not lift the solids over the effluent weir. 

Determine the capacity, cross-sectional area and diameter of a continuous sedimentation tank for liquid suspension clarification in the amount of = 20,000 kg/hr. The concentration of solids is x, = 50%, the settling velocity is Uo = 0.5 m/hr, and the density of liquid phase is 1,050 kg/mT... 

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A tmospheric — Outdoor Primary sedimentation tank Zinc 8-12... 

DAF clarifiers are mainly prefabricated in stainless steel for erection cost reduction, corrosion control, better construction flexibility, and possible future upgrades, contrary to in situ constructed heavy concrete sedimentation tanks. 

The type of clarification used comprises eight sedimentation tanks (note dissolved air flotation can also be used for clarification). 

The biological treatment process involves the use of microorganisms such as bacteria and fungi to convert finely divided colloidal and dissolved carbonaceous organic matter in wastewater into various gases and into cell tissues that are then removed from sedimentation tanks as flocculent settle-able organic and inorganic solids. This process often complements both physical and chemical processes and it is classified as follows. 

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