PROJECT: EMERALD STP

AIR REQUIREMENT SIMULATION

DESIGN PARAMETERS Simulation 1 Simulation 2

DESIGN FLOW IN m /DAY
3
1,400.00 1,400.00
BOD INFLUENT [mg/liter] 300.00 600.00
BOD EFFLUENT [mg/liter] 10.00 10.00
BOD TO BE REMOVED [kg/day] 406.00 826.00
BOD TO BE REMOVED [lb/day] 893.20 1,817.20

AIR REQUIREMENT FOR AERATION

REQUIRED CF AIR PER LBS BOD REMOVED 1,500.00 1,500.00
AIR REQUIREMENT FOR AERATION TANK IN SCFM 930.42 1,892.92

CORRECT SCFM TO ICFM

PRESSURE LOSS IN PSI FOR : INLET FILTER 0.20 0.20
INLET SILENCER 0.20 0.20
DISCHARGE SILENCER 0.30 0.30
INLET TEMPERATURE IN Fo+460 550.00 550.00
ATHMOSPHERIC PRESSURE IN PSI 14.70 14.70
CALCULATED ABSOLUTE INLET PRESSURE IN PSI 14.00 14.00
TOTAL AIR REQUIREMENT IN ICFM 1,017.64 2,070.38
TOTAL AIR REQUIREMENT IN m3/min 28.83 58.65

Bauer's Computation:
Air Requirement per Basin 24.64 m3/min
26 m3/min
Blower Selection
33.2 m3/min
52 at 26 m3/min
Total Air Capacity (2 units running)
66.4 at 33.2 m3/min
 Simulation 3 Simulation 4 Simulation 5 Simulation 6
1,400.00 2,100.00 2,100.00 2,100.00
1,200.00 300.00 600.00 1,200.00
10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00
1,666.00 609.00 1,239.00 2,499.00
3,665.20 1,339.80 2,725.80 5,497.80

1,500.00 1,500.00 1,500.00 1,500.00

3,817.92 1,395.63 2,839.38 5,726.88

0.20 0.20 0.20 0.20

0.20 0.20 0.20 0.20
0.30 0.30 0.30 0.30
550.00 550.00 550.00 550.00
14.70 14.70 14.70 14.70
14.00 14.00 14.00 14.00
4,175.85 1,526.46 3,105.57 6,263.77
118.30 43.24 87.98 177.44

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