The XYZ brewery has a small activated sludge plant to treat its wastewater. The average daily discharge is 750 m3/day and the average soluble BOD5 after primary settling is 500 mg/L. The aeration tank has effective liquid dimensions of 10.0 m wide by 10.0 m long by 4.5 m deep. The plant operating parameters are as follows: Influent volatile suspended solids to the reactor are negligible Return sludge concentration = 15,000 mg/L of suspended solids MLVSS = 2,500 mg/L MLSS = 1.20 (MLVSS) Effluent soluble BOD5 = 16.70 mg/L Effluent Volatile Suspended solids = 8.30 mg/L Wastage is from the return sludge line Yield coefficient = 0.60 mg VSS/mg BOD5 removed Endogenous decay rate of microorganism = 0.060 d-1 Determine: a) Solids retention time b) Cell wastage flow rate c) Return sludge flow rate for this brewery wastewater treatment plant Solution 1) Assume areation hours as 18hours = 0.75d SRT = Solid retention time = -0.75 (MLVSS/[ k x 0.75 xMLVSS- Yield coefficient (So - S)] SRT = -0.75 x 2500/[0.06x0.75x2500 - 0.6 [ 500 - 10] SRT = 10.33 days 2) Cell wastage flow rate V = volume of areation tank So = BOD5 value RS = return sludge k = 0.06d-1 Qw =[ Q x Y/RS] [ So - S] - k(V x MLVSS/RS) Qw = [ 750x0.6/15000] [ 500-10] - [0.06] x (2500/15000) x 10x10x4.5 Qw = 14.7 - 4.5 Qw = 10.2 m3/d 3) Return Sludge flow rate RSF =Q x MLVSS/ [ MLVSS-VSS] RSF = 750x 2500/[2500-8.3] RSF = 752.49 m3/d.