$Applied math for wastewater plant operators / by Joanne K. Price.$

Applied math for wastewater plant operators /

With many worked examples, this book provides step-by-step instruction for all calculations required for wastewater treatment. Pertinent calculations are conveniently summarized in each chapter. The text covers all the fundamental math concepts and skills needed for daily wastewater treatment plant...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Price, Joanne Kirkpatrick (Author)
Corporate Author:	Taylor and Francis
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, an imprint of Taylor and Francis, 1998.
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	Sewage disposal > Problems, exercises, etc. Sewage disposal > Mathematics. Sewage disposal. Sewage > Purification > Problems, exercises, etc. Sewage > Purification > Mathematics. Sewage > Purification.
Online Access:	Full text (WIT users only)

Table of Contents:

chapter 1 . Applied Volume Calculations
chapter ..................... Tank volume calculations
chapter Channel or pipeline volume calculations
chapter ..................... Other volume calculations
chapter 2 . Flow and Velocity Calculations
chapter Instantaneous flow rates
chapter Velocity calculations
chapter Average flow rates
chapter Flow conversions
chapter ... . 3 Milligrams per Liter to Pounds per Day Calculations
chapter Chemical dosage calculations
chapter Loading calculations--BOD. COD. and SS
chapter BODandSSremoval
chapter Pounds of solids under aeration
chapter ................ WAS pumping rate calculations
chapter 4 . Loading Rate Calculations
chapter Hydraulic loading rate
chapter Surface overflow rate
chapter Filtration rate
chapter Backwash rate
chapter Unit filter run volume
chapter Weir overflow rate
chapter Organic loading rate
chapter ..................... Food/microorganism ratio
chapter Solids loading rate
chapter Digester loading rate
chapter Digester volatile solids loading
chapter ..... Population loading and population equivalent
chapter 5 . Detention and Retention Times Calculations
chapter .............................. Detentiontime
chapter Sludge age
chapter Solids retention time (also called MCRT)
chapter ............... 6 . Efficiency and Other Percent Calculations
chapter ............................ Unit process efficiency
chapter ............... Percent solids and sludge pumping rate
chapter Mixing different percent solids sludges
chapter ............................. Percent volatile solids
chapter ............................... Percent seed sludge
chapter ....................... Percent strength 0f.a solution
chapter Mixing different percent strength solutions
chapter Pump and motor efficiency calculations
chapter 7 . Pumping Calculations
chapter Density and specific gravity
chapter hssure and force
chapter Head and head loss
chapter Horsepower
chapter Pump capacity
chapter 8 . Wastewater Collection and Preliminary Treatment
chapter ................................ Wet well capacity
chapter ............................ Wet well pumping rate
chapter .............................. Screenings removed
chapter ............................ Screenings pit capacity
chapter .............................. Grit channel velocity
chapter .................................... Grit removal
chapter ............................... Flow measurement
chapter ..................................... 9 . Sedimentation
chapter .................................. Detention time
chapter ............................... Weir overflow rate
chapter ............................. Sllrface overflow rate
chapter ............................... Solids loading rate
chapter ................. BOD and suspended solids removed
chapter ............................ Unit process efficiency
chapter .................................... 10 . Trickling Filters
chapter ............................ Hydraulic loading rate
chapter .............................. Organic loading rate
chapter ............................. BOD and SS removed
chapter ................... Unit process or overall efficiency
chapter ............................... Rccirculation ratio
chapter 1 1 . Rotating Biological Contactors
chapter Hydraulic loading rate
chapter Soluble BOD
chapter Organic loading rate
chapter ..................................... 12 . Activated Sludge
chapter .................................... Tankvolumes
chapter .............................. BOD or COD loading
chapter ................... Solids inventory in the aeration tank
chapter .......................... F ~ croorganism ratio
chapter ................................ Sludge age (Gould)
chapter Solids retention time (also called MCRT)
chapter ................................. Return sludge rate
chapter ...................................... Wastingrate
chapter ................................ WAS pumping rate
chapter ........................ Oxidation ditch detention time
chapter ..................................... BOD loading
chapter ............................... Organic loading rate
chapter ............................ BOD removal efficiency
chapter .............................. HydrauKc loading rate
chapter Population loading and population equivalent
chapter .................................... Detention time
chapter ..................................... 14 . Chemical Dosage
chapter Chemical feed rate-Eull-strength chemicals
chapter ................... Chlorine dose. demand, and residual
chapter Chemical feed rate-less than full-strength chemicals
chapter ......................... Percent strength of solutions
chapter .................. Mixing solutions of different strength
chapter .................. Solution chemical feeder setting.@
chapter Chemical feed pumppercent stroke setting
chapter Solution chemical feeder setting. Wmin
chapter ........................ Dry chemical feed calibration
chapter ............ Solution feed calibration. given mdJmin flow
chapter ........ Solution feed calibration. given drop in tank level
chapter ............................ Average use calculations
chapter 1 5 . Sludge Production and Thickening.

Applied math for wastewater plant operators /

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