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Calculating the Hydraulic Retention Time (HRT) or t (tau)

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Calculate the Hydraulic Retention Time

Below you can find the typical formulas, coefficients and empirical data used to establish the basic design of a complete mix suspended growth biological sewage wastewater process.

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This formula will establish the Hydrolic Retention Time of an municipal wastewater treatment plant:

Where:
Characteristics of Primary Sedimentation Effluent
influent soluble substrate concentration (bsCOD) S0 = BOD or bsCOD g/m3
nbVSS concentration in influent X0,i = g/m3 or mg/l
total MLVSS concentration XT = g/m3 or mg/l
Sedimentation Retention Time (SRT) SRT = d
Kinetic Coefficients
maximum rate of soluble substrate utilization k = g COD/g∙d
biomass yield Y = g VSS/g COD used
endogenous decay coefficient kd = g VSS/g VSS∙d
half-velocity constant Ks = g COD/m3
fraction of biomass that remains as cell debris fd = g VSS/g VSS
The Hydraulic Retention Time (HRT) is: t = d
t = Hydraulic Retention Time (HRT) [d]
SRT = Sedimentation Retention Time [d]
XT = total MLVSS in aeration tank (MLVSS) [g VSS/m3]
Y = biomass yield [g VSS/g COD used]
S0 = influent soluble substrate concentration (bsCOD) [g bsCOD/m3]
S = effluent soluble substrate concentration (bsCOD) [g bsCOD/m3]
fd = fraction of biomass that remains as cell debris [g VSS/g VSS]
kd = endogenous decay coefficient [g VSS/g VSS∙d]
Xo,i = nbVSS concentration in influent [g nbVSS/m3]

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