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www.Vidyarthiplus.com VALLIAMMAI ENGINEERING COLLEGE SRM Nagar,Kattankulathur – 603 203. DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING
QUESTION BANK SUBJECT
: CE6605 / ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING - II
SEM / YEAR: VI/III
UNIT I - PLANNING FOR SEWAREGE SYSTEM Sources of wastewater generation – Effects – Estimation of sanitary sewage flow – Estimation of storm runoff – Factors affecting Characteristics and composition of sewage and their significance – Effluent standards – Legislation requirements. PART - A Q.No 1.
Questions Define time of Concentration.
2. 1. State the five parameters of effluent standards for sewage disposal into inland surface water bodies. 3. 2. Name sewage characteristics with which organic matter concentration is expressed. List the factors influencing the fixing of Design period. 4. 5. 3. Define a) Sullage b) MINAS
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List out the effluent standards for any four parameters recommended by the pollution control board. Differentiate between dry weather flow and wet weather flow.
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Discuss about the population equivalent.
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Differentiate sewage flow and storm water run-off.
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Draw the BOD demand curve.
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Illustrate the different factors which affect the characteristics
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14.4. Compare sewage with sewerage system.
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Explain the significance of BOD/COD ratio.
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Identify the necessity of wastewater characterization.
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of sewage. 12.
Mention the necessity of legal requirements and effluents disposal of sewage.
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Explain the first stage BOD.
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i) Write in detail about the characteristics and composition of sewage.
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ii) BOD of a sewage incubated for 2 days at 30oc was found to be 160 mg/l. Find the value of 5 day 20oc BOD. Assume k (base 10) at 20oc as 0.12 per day. 2.
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i) List out the factors influencing the dry weather flow and explain it in detail.
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ii) How will you estimate storm water flow? Explain it.
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i) B.O.D. of a sewage incubated for one day at 30°C has been found to be 120 mg/l. What will be its 5 day 20°C BOD, if K at 30°C is 0.16 per day (base 10). ii) What is population equivalent? State its uses.
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i) Give the effluent standards for waste water disposal into inland water bodies and ocean.
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ii) List the effects of sewage on environment.
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i) Discuss the significance of total solids and BOD in determining the characteristics of sewage.
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ii) A city with a population of 100,000 has an area of 50 km2. Rate of water supply is 110 litres per capita per day of which 80% turns into sewer. The average run-off coefficient is 0.5 and intensity of rainfall is 14.5 mm/hr. Estimate the quantity of combined sewage. Take peak factor as 2.5. 6.
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i) Classify the legal requirements and standards regarding treatment of sewage.
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ii) Discuss about the information to be collected while planning for sewerage systems. How will you use the
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Discuss the Environmental Legislation requirements while planning sewerage system.
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Calculate the combined flow discharge of sewage for the given data. Area to be served is 150 hectares. Population density is 50000. Time of entry is 5 minutes. Time of flow is 20
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The rainfall distribution of an area is as follows. The total area of the distribution is 36 hectares and the maximum rainfall is 5 mm/hour. Calculate the total runoff if the population density is 250/hectare. Type of area
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Run off coefficient Roof 20 0.9 Pavement 20 0.85 Housing 5 0.80 Roads 15 0.4 Lawns 35 0.1 Wooden area 5 0.05 i) The BOD of sewage incubated for one day at 30°C has been found to be 400 mg/l. Calculate the 5 day 20°C BOD. Assume K10= 0.12/day at 20°C.
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ii) A city with a population of 100,000 has an area of hectares. Calculate the D.W.F and storm water flow for the sewer line for the following data: Rate of Water supply = 200 LPCD Average runoff coefficient for the entire area = 0.5 Time of concentration = 50 min Assume 75% of water supplied reaches the sewer. 11.
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i) Explain the BOD and COD. Differentiate between first and second stage BOD.
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ii) The BOD of a sewage incubated for one day at 30 c has been found to be 120mg/l. what will be the 5-day BOD at 20oc. Assume BOD rate constant K = 0.21 (base e) per day at
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i) Explain the factors influencing sanitary sewage flow and its estimation.
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ii) State the classification of solids present in sewage and the
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i) How will you estimate the relative stability of sewage?
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ii) State the different sources of waste water that are produced from a community. Discuss the systems of sewerage with its merits and demerits. 14.
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Derive the first stage BOD equation and ultimate BOD.
UNIT II - SEWER DESIGN Sewerage – Hydraulics of flow in sewers – Objectives – Design period - Design of sanitary and storm sewers – Small bore systems - Computer applications – Laying, ing & testing of sewers – appurtenances – Pumps – selection of pumps and pipe Drainage -. Plumbing System for Buildings – One pipe and two pipe system. PART - A Q.No 1.
Questions Define sewerage system. List out the components of it.
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2. 1. Name the two softwares used in sewer design.
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Define clean-outs.
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Name the types of plumbing system for buildings.
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Write any two empirical formulae for estimating storm water
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flow. 6.
How will you examine situations where the pumping of sewage becomes essential in sewage management?
7. 2. Distinguish between Self Cleaning velocity and Non-scouring velocity. 8. 3. Discuss about the inverted syphon. 9.
Explain the objective of sewer design.
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Describe the expression for finding out settling velocity.
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Show the qualities of the good sewer pipes.
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Illustrate the various steps involved in the layout and construction of sewers
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Classify the different types of pumps used for pumping the sewage.
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Explain the principle involved in pipe drainage.
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What do you understand by sewer appurtenances?
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Differentiate between one pipe and two pipe system.
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17. 1. How to design capacity of the wet well in a sewage pumping station? 18.
Formulate the hydraulic formulas for determining flow velocities in sewers and drains.
19. 2. A sewer has to be designed considering both minimum velocity and maximum velocity of flows-State true or false and justify the answer. 20. 3. Reciprocating pumps is not widely in the sewage pumpingstate true or false and justify your answer. PART – B 1.
(i) The main combined sewer is to be designed to serve an area of 12 km2 with a population density of 250 person per hectare. The average rate of flow is 250 LPCD. The maximum flow is 100% in excess of average together with the rainfall equivalent of 15 min in 24 hours, all of
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Enumerate and explain the various sewer appurtenances with neat sketches.
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What are the systems of plumbing? With help of a neat sketch discuss various systems of plumbing used for drainage.
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i) What is the need for ventilation in sewage pumping station?
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Describe about the various types of pumps used for lifting the sewage.
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i) Discuss the choice available and the factors to be considered while selecting pumps and pipes for sewerage system and explain.
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ii) With help of neat sketch explain the location and functions of drop manhole „inverted siphon‟. 7.
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i) Explain the laying of sewers in the field for the designed alignment and gradient.
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ii) Describe the one pipe and two pipe plumbing systems. Compare them. 8.
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Calculate the diameter of a separate sewer section running half full at maximum discharge for a town with a population of 100000. Water is supplied at a rate of 200 LPCD. Assume 80% of water supply turns as sewage. Take peak factor = 2.25 and n = 0.013 at all depth. Permissible slope is 1 in 600.
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Write down the procedure for laying and testing of sewer lines with neat diagram.
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Classify the shapes of sewer pipes. Explain it in detail.
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i) Explain the laying of sewers in the field for the designed alignment and gradient.
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ii) How computer applications can be used in the sewer design. 12.
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Enumerate and explain the various sewer appurtenances with neat sketches.
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A town has a population of 100000 persons with a per capita water supply of 200 Lpcd. Design a sewer running 0.7 times full. Take n=0.013 and slope 1 in 500 and a peak factor of 3. Assume 85% of water supply turns into sewer.
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UNIT III - PRIMARY TREATMENT OF SEWAGE Objective – Selection of treatment processes – Principles, Functions, Design and Drawing of Units - Onsite sanitation - Septic tank with dispersion - Grey water harvesting – Primary treatment – Principles, functions design and drawing of screen, grit chambers and primary sedimentation tanks – Construction, operation and Maintenance aspects. PART - A Competence
List out the classification of treatment process of sewage.
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Define surface loading.
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State the objectives of grey water harvesting.
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Differentiate between unit operations and unit processes in wastewater treatment. Give at least two examples in each.
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What are the methods of onsite sanitation and compare the methods.
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Distinguish between grey water and black water.
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Outline the general layout for sewage treatment process.
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What is meant by septic tank? Classify the methods of dispersion trenches in septic tank. Illustrate how screens are classified based on moving
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State the purpose of using the skimming tanks in treatment systems.
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18. 6. Justify why baffles are provided in the sedimentation tank in sewage treatment. Summarize the objectives of Sedimentation tank. 19.
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Compare the grit chamber with Plain Sedimentation tank.
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i) Write the objectives of treatment processes. What are the treatment processes, explain in detail? (8)
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ii) Briefly describe the operations and maintenance issues pertaining to primary treatment of sewage. (8) 2. 3.
Describe in detail about grey water harvesting and its methods. Explain in detail about the on-site sanitation and how it is followed in India and other countries. Show the differences.
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Describe the steps involved in the design of septic tank. And also explain the working of a septic tank with neat sketch.
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Discuss the different methods of dispersion trenches in a septic tank with neat sketch. And also write its advantages and disadvantages.
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i) Contrast the difference between the septic tank and plain sedimentation tank.
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ii) Design a septic tank with dispersion pit for a hostel with a population of 150 and peak discharge of 205 Lit Per Min. Take desludging period as one year. Assume suitable design criteria and draw a neat sketch of the designed tank. 7.
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Estimate the size of a septic tank (l/w = 2.25), liquid depth of 2 m with 300 mm free board, Desludging intervals in years, and the total trench area (m2) of the percolation field, for a small colony of 300 people. Assume water supply of 100 lpcd, waste water flow of 80% of water consumption, sludge production of 0.04 m3/cap/year and the retention time of
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i) Classify the types of screens adopted in sewage treatment with neat sketch.
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ii) Design a bar screen for a peak average flow of 30 million lit per day. 9.
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State the objectives of primary treatment. Examine how the grit chambers are adopted in sewage treatment and show the processes with the neat sketch. i) Explain the role of Screen Chamber in Sewage treatment
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plant and write its design procedure.
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ii) Design a Grit chamber for an average sewage flow of 14 Mld. Diameter of Incoming Sewer is 500mm. Assume suitable data if required. 11.
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i) Determine the settling velocity of spherical particle of specific gravity 2.65 and diameter 0.18mm. Take kinematic viscosity of water as 1.016 x 10 − 2 m/s.
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ii) A grit chamber is designed to remove particles with a diameter of 0.2mm, Specific gravity = 2.65. Settling velocity for these particles has been found to be range from 0.016 to 0.22m/s, depending on the shape factor, a flow through velocity of 0.3m/s will be maintained by proportioning weir, evaluate the channel dimensions for a maximum waste water flow of 10,000cum/day. 12.
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What is meant by sedimentation tank in a treatment system? Explain in detail the various types of sedimentation tank with neat sketches.
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i) Assess the requirement of screen for a plant treating a maximum flow of 60 million litres per day of sewage.
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ii) Design a rectangular sedimentation tank for treating 12MLD adopting L/B ratio as 2.5 and overflow rate 40m3/m2/day. Assume Detention Time as 2 hours.
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UNIT IV - SECONDARY TREATMENT OF SEWAGE Objective – Selection of Treatment Methods – Principles, Functions, Design and Drawing of Units - Activated Sludge Process and Trickling filter – Oxidation ditches, UASB – Waste Stabilization Ponds – Reclamation and Reuse of sewage - sewage recycle in residential complex - Recent Advances in Sewage Treatment – Construction and Operation & Maintenance of Sewage Treatment Plants. PART - A BT Level BT-1
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Describe the objectives of Secondary and Tertiary treatment of sewage. Define sludge solids retention time in ASP design.
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Define sludge age.
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Explain the main objectives of providing advanced treatment of sewage. How it is different from conventional
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Explain with few words about the sludge volume index.
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Discuss the term re-circulation ratio in trickling filter.
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attached growth processes with suitable examples. 11. 12. 13. 14.
Examine how advanced treatment of sewage is different from conventional treatment system. Illustrate the types of trickling filters? How it will be used in treatment system? How do you determine hydraulic loading rate of a trickling filter? Formulate the expression for finding out the final efficiency of two stages.
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Contrast the uses and applications of UASB reactor. State an advantage of it. Compare the oxidation ditch with oxidation pond.
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Rewrite the formula for recirculation factor.
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Waste stabilization ponds are applicable for sewage management in rural areas only. Comment on this statement and justify your comment. Explain the operational principle of waste stabilization ponds. Construct a layout of single stage of re-circulation processes.
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Describe with neat sketch the treatment of sewage by activated sludge process. Write the advantages and disadvantages of the process.
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i) Tabulate the advantages and disadvantages of ASP and Trickling Filters.
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ii) What do you understand by secondary treatment of sewage water? Explain the various methods of biological treatment. 3.
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i) Show the loading refers criteria of aeration tank of an activated sludge process.
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i) Find the size of standard rate trickling filter to treat 6 million litres of sewage per day having BOD of 160 mg/l. Take hydraulic loading of 6m3/m2/d and organic loading of 0.35kg/m3/d.
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Explain in detail with neat sketches about the trickling filters with its advantages and disadvantages.
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Determine the size of a high rate trickling filter for the following data: Sewage flow
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BOD of Raw sewage = 230 mg/l BOD removal in PST = 30% BOD of treated effluent required = 25 mg/l. 7.
Discuss about the working principle of oxidation ditch with advantages and disadvantages and draw the typical process flow diagram.
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Design an oxidation ditch for a design sewage flow of 50MLD. Assume suitable data wherever necessary. Show the neat sketch of the designed unit.
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Discover how UASB is related with treatment of waste water? Write in detail about the UASB reactor with neat sketch, advantages and disadvantages.
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i) Explain the Reclamation and Reuse of Sewage.
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ii) Discuss in detail about waste stabilization pond.
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What do you understand by waste stabilization ponds? Explain the working principle of aerobic stabilization pond.
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Design an oxidation ditch for a community of 7500 with per capita sewage contribution of 90 Lpcd and BOD 250 mg/l, the desired BOD of the treated sewage is 30mg/l.
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1. 1. Name the different unit processes involved in sludge treatment. 2. Define sewage sickness.
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Give the preventive methods for sewage sickness.
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Identify the methods of disposal of septic tank effluent.
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Define dilution factor.
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Define percolation rate.
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sickness. 8. 2. Summarize the objectives of sludge thickening. 9.
Describe “Euphotic Zone”.
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Integrate the methods of disposal of sewage by land treatment.
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What is meant by re -oxygenation?
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Write in detail about zone of recovery.
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Briefly explain sludge density index.
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Explain the term self-purification.
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Classify the various zones of a polluted river.
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Explain „Oxygen Sag Curve‟.
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How the river maintains its clearness?
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Draw the oxygen sag curve and show the de-oxygenation and re-oxygenation curve.
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(i) A large stream has a rate of re-aeration constant, Kr = 0.24 per day (to base 10) and de-oxygenation constant, Kd = 0.1 per day (to the base 10).The initial deficit of the mixture of stream and waste water at the point of reference Do = 4 mg/l and the ultimate 5 day BOD, Lo = 35mg/l. Find the D.O deficit and critical time.
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Write short notes on (i) Wastewater reclamation.
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(ii) Sewage disposal to sea water.
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Name the various actions involved in the self-purification process of a stream and explain briefly.
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Explain the principle of the self-purification process of stream and the various stages of oxygen sag curve.
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i) Explain the mechanism of biogas recovery from sludge. (6) ii) A waste water treatment plant produces sludge of 1000kg dry solids per day with a moisture content of 97%. The solids are 65% volatile with specific gravity 1.05 and inorganic solids of specific gravity 2.55. Determine the sludge volume of raw sludge, after dewatering to 70% and after incineration.
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Explain the methods available and limitations of land disposal of sewage.
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Discuss the need for sludge dewatering and explain the various sludge dewatering methods.
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A waste water effluent of 600 lit/sec with a BOD = 60mg/l, DO = 2.5mg/l and temperature of 25o C enters a river where the flow is 30m3/sec and BOD = 3mg/l, DO= 8.5mg/l and temperature of 16oC, de-oxygenation constant for the waste water is 0.10 per day at 20oC. The velocity of water in the river downstream is 0.15 m and depth of flow is 1.5m/s. Determine
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the following after mixing of waste water with the river water : i) Combined discharge ii) BOD iii) DO iv) Temperature 10.
Determine the liquid volume before and after digestion and percentage reduction for 600kg (dry basis) of primary sludge having following characteristics. Particles
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With the help of flow chart, Explain various process involved in the sludge treatment and disposal. Explain the mechanism of anaerobic and aerobic sludge digestion with their relative merits and demerits.
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Secondary sedimentation tank of a waste water treatment plant produces 1100 kg (dry basis) solids with moisture content of 95%. Solids are of 70% volatile with specific gravity of 1.05 and 30% being fixed with specific gravity of 2.6. Determine the sludge volume as it is produced and after the incineration.
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QUESTION BANK SUBJECT
: CE6605 / ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING - II
SEM / YEAR: VI/III
UNIT I - PLANNING FOR SEWAREGE SYSTEM Sources of wastewater generation – Effects – Estimation of sanitary sewage flow – Estimation of storm runoff – Factors affecting Characteristics and composition of sewage and their significance – Effluent standards – Legislation requirements. PART - A Q.No 1.
Questions Define time of Concentration.
2. 1. State the five parameters of effluent standards for sewage disposal into inland surface water bodies. 3. 2. Name sewage characteristics with which organic matter concentration is expressed. List the factors influencing the fixing of Design period. 4. 5. 3. Define a) Sullage b) MINAS
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List out the effluent standards for any four parameters recommended by the pollution control board. Differentiate between dry weather flow and wet weather flow.
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Discuss about the population equivalent.
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Differentiate sewage flow and storm water run-off.
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Draw the BOD demand curve.
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Illustrate the different factors which affect the characteristics
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14.4. Compare sewage with sewerage system.
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Explain the significance of BOD/COD ratio.
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Identify the necessity of wastewater characterization.
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of sewage. 12.
Mention the necessity of legal requirements and effluents disposal of sewage.
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Explain the first stage BOD.
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i) Write in detail about the characteristics and composition of sewage.
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ii) BOD of a sewage incubated for 2 days at 30oc was found to be 160 mg/l. Find the value of 5 day 20oc BOD. Assume k (base 10) at 20oc as 0.12 per day. 2.
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i) List out the factors influencing the dry weather flow and explain it in detail.
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ii) How will you estimate storm water flow? Explain it.
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i) B.O.D. of a sewage incubated for one day at 30°C has been found to be 120 mg/l. What will be its 5 day 20°C BOD, if K at 30°C is 0.16 per day (base 10). ii) What is population equivalent? State its uses.
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i) Give the effluent standards for waste water disposal into inland water bodies and ocean.
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ii) List the effects of sewage on environment.
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i) Discuss the significance of total solids and BOD in determining the characteristics of sewage.
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ii) A city with a population of 100,000 has an area of 50 km2. Rate of water supply is 110 litres per capita per day of which 80% turns into sewer. The average run-off coefficient is 0.5 and intensity of rainfall is 14.5 mm/hr. Estimate the quantity of combined sewage. Take peak factor as 2.5. 6.
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i) Classify the legal requirements and standards regarding treatment of sewage.
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ii) Discuss about the information to be collected while planning for sewerage systems. How will you use the
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Discuss the Environmental Legislation requirements while planning sewerage system.
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Calculate the combined flow discharge of sewage for the given data. Area to be served is 150 hectares. Population density is 50000. Time of entry is 5 minutes. Time of flow is 20
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Impermeability factor = 0.45. Assume 80% of water supplied turns into sewer and peak factor as 1.5. 9.
The rainfall distribution of an area is as follows. The total area of the distribution is 36 hectares and the maximum rainfall is 5 mm/hour. Calculate the total runoff if the population density is 250/hectare. Type of area
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Run off coefficient Roof 20 0.9 Pavement 20 0.85 Housing 5 0.80 Roads 15 0.4 Lawns 35 0.1 Wooden area 5 0.05 i) The BOD of sewage incubated for one day at 30°C has been found to be 400 mg/l. Calculate the 5 day 20°C BOD. Assume K10= 0.12/day at 20°C.
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ii) A city with a population of 100,000 has an area of hectares. Calculate the D.W.F and storm water flow for the sewer line for the following data: Rate of Water supply = 200 LPCD Average runoff coefficient for the entire area = 0.5 Time of concentration = 50 min Assume 75% of water supplied reaches the sewer. 11.
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i) Explain the BOD and COD. Differentiate between first and second stage BOD.
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ii) The BOD of a sewage incubated for one day at 30 c has been found to be 120mg/l. what will be the 5-day BOD at 20oc. Assume BOD rate constant K = 0.21 (base e) per day at
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i) Explain the factors influencing sanitary sewage flow and its estimation.
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ii) State the classification of solids present in sewage and the
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removal methods of each.
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i) How will you estimate the relative stability of sewage?
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ii) State the different sources of waste water that are produced from a community. Discuss the systems of sewerage with its merits and demerits. 14.
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Derive the first stage BOD equation and ultimate BOD.
UNIT II - SEWER DESIGN Sewerage – Hydraulics of flow in sewers – Objectives – Design period - Design of sanitary and storm sewers – Small bore systems - Computer applications – Laying, ing & testing of sewers – appurtenances – Pumps – selection of pumps and pipe Drainage -. Plumbing System for Buildings – One pipe and two pipe system. PART - A Q.No 1.
Questions Define sewerage system. List out the components of it.
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2. 1. Name the two softwares used in sewer design.
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Define clean-outs.
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Name the types of plumbing system for buildings.
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Write any two empirical formulae for estimating storm water
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flow. 6.
How will you examine situations where the pumping of sewage becomes essential in sewage management?
7. 2. Distinguish between Self Cleaning velocity and Non-scouring velocity. 8. 3. Discuss about the inverted syphon. 9.
Explain the objective of sewer design.
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Describe the expression for finding out settling velocity.
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Show the qualities of the good sewer pipes.
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Illustrate the various steps involved in the layout and construction of sewers
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Classify the different types of pumps used for pumping the sewage.
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Explain the principle involved in pipe drainage.
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What do you understand by sewer appurtenances?
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Differentiate between one pipe and two pipe system.
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17. 1. How to design capacity of the wet well in a sewage pumping station? 18.
Formulate the hydraulic formulas for determining flow velocities in sewers and drains.
19. 2. A sewer has to be designed considering both minimum velocity and maximum velocity of flows-State true or false and justify the answer. 20. 3. Reciprocating pumps is not widely in the sewage pumpingstate true or false and justify your answer. PART – B 1.
(i) The main combined sewer is to be designed to serve an area of 12 km2 with a population density of 250 person per hectare. The average rate of flow is 250 LPCD. The maximum flow is 100% in excess of average together with the rainfall equivalent of 15 min in 24 hours, all of
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which are runoff. Determine the capacity of the sewer. Taking maximum velocity of flow 3 m/s, also determine the size of the sewer. (ii) Discuss about the objectives of sewer design. 2.
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Enumerate and explain the various sewer appurtenances with neat sketches.
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What are the systems of plumbing? With help of a neat sketch discuss various systems of plumbing used for drainage.
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i) What is the need for ventilation in sewage pumping station?
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ii) Explain the configuration of manhole with a neat sketch. (10) 5.
Describe about the various types of pumps used for lifting the sewage.
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i) Discuss the choice available and the factors to be considered while selecting pumps and pipes for sewerage system and explain.
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ii) With help of neat sketch explain the location and functions of drop manhole „inverted siphon‟. 7.
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i) Explain the laying of sewers in the field for the designed alignment and gradient.
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ii) Describe the one pipe and two pipe plumbing systems. Compare them. 8.
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Calculate the diameter of a separate sewer section running half full at maximum discharge for a town with a population of 100000. Water is supplied at a rate of 200 LPCD. Assume 80% of water supply turns as sewage. Take peak factor = 2.25 and n = 0.013 at all depth. Permissible slope is 1 in 600.
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Write down the procedure for laying and testing of sewer lines with neat diagram.
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Classify the shapes of sewer pipes. Explain it in detail.
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i) Explain the laying of sewers in the field for the designed alignment and gradient.
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ii) How computer applications can be used in the sewer design. 12.
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Enumerate and explain the various sewer appurtenances with neat sketches.
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A town has a population of 100000 persons with a per capita water supply of 200 Lpcd. Design a sewer running 0.7 times full. Take n=0.013 and slope 1 in 500 and a peak factor of 3. Assume 85% of water supply turns into sewer.
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i) Under what circumstances pumping of sewage is needed. Enumerate the problems faced during pumping of sewage. (8)
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UNIT III - PRIMARY TREATMENT OF SEWAGE Objective – Selection of treatment processes – Principles, Functions, Design and Drawing of Units - Onsite sanitation - Septic tank with dispersion - Grey water harvesting – Primary treatment – Principles, functions design and drawing of screen, grit chambers and primary sedimentation tanks – Construction, operation and Maintenance aspects. PART - A Competence
List out the classification of treatment process of sewage.
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Define surface loading.
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State the objectives of grey water harvesting.
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6. 3. Define on-site sanitation. 7.
Differentiate between unit operations and unit processes in wastewater treatment. Give at least two examples in each.
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What are the methods of onsite sanitation and compare the methods.
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Distinguish between grey water and black water.
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Outline the general layout for sewage treatment process.
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What is meant by septic tank? Classify the methods of dispersion trenches in septic tank. Illustrate how screens are classified based on moving
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State the purpose of using the skimming tanks in treatment systems.
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Construct the design criteria for screen chamber.
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18. 6. Justify why baffles are provided in the sedimentation tank in sewage treatment. Summarize the objectives of Sedimentation tank. 19.
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Compare the grit chamber with Plain Sedimentation tank.
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i) Write the objectives of treatment processes. What are the treatment processes, explain in detail? (8)
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ii) Briefly describe the operations and maintenance issues pertaining to primary treatment of sewage. (8) 2. 3.
Describe in detail about grey water harvesting and its methods. Explain in detail about the on-site sanitation and how it is followed in India and other countries. Show the differences.
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Describe the steps involved in the design of septic tank. And also explain the working of a septic tank with neat sketch.
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Discuss the different methods of dispersion trenches in a septic tank with neat sketch. And also write its advantages and disadvantages.
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i) Contrast the difference between the septic tank and plain sedimentation tank.
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ii) Design a septic tank with dispersion pit for a hostel with a population of 150 and peak discharge of 205 Lit Per Min. Take desludging period as one year. Assume suitable design criteria and draw a neat sketch of the designed tank. 7.
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Estimate the size of a septic tank (l/w = 2.25), liquid depth of 2 m with 300 mm free board, Desludging intervals in years, and the total trench area (m2) of the percolation field, for a small colony of 300 people. Assume water supply of 100 lpcd, waste water flow of 80% of water consumption, sludge production of 0.04 m3/cap/year and the retention time of
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i) Classify the types of screens adopted in sewage treatment with neat sketch.
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ii) Design a bar screen for a peak average flow of 30 million lit per day. 9.
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State the objectives of primary treatment. Examine how the grit chambers are adopted in sewage treatment and show the processes with the neat sketch. i) Explain the role of Screen Chamber in Sewage treatment
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plant and write its design procedure.
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ii) Design a Grit chamber for an average sewage flow of 14 Mld. Diameter of Incoming Sewer is 500mm. Assume suitable data if required. 11.
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i) Determine the settling velocity of spherical particle of specific gravity 2.65 and diameter 0.18mm. Take kinematic viscosity of water as 1.016 x 10 − 2 m/s.
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ii) A grit chamber is designed to remove particles with a diameter of 0.2mm, Specific gravity = 2.65. Settling velocity for these particles has been found to be range from 0.016 to 0.22m/s, depending on the shape factor, a flow through velocity of 0.3m/s will be maintained by proportioning weir, evaluate the channel dimensions for a maximum waste water flow of 10,000cum/day. 12.
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What is meant by sedimentation tank in a treatment system? Explain in detail the various types of sedimentation tank with neat sketches.
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i) Assess the requirement of screen for a plant treating a maximum flow of 60 million litres per day of sewage.
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ii) Design a rectangular sedimentation tank for treating 12MLD adopting L/B ratio as 2.5 and overflow rate 40m3/m2/day. Assume Detention Time as 2 hours.
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Design a circular primary sedimentation tank to treat an average sewage flow of 5000 m3/day, suitably assuming the
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UNIT IV - SECONDARY TREATMENT OF SEWAGE Objective – Selection of Treatment Methods – Principles, Functions, Design and Drawing of Units - Activated Sludge Process and Trickling filter – Oxidation ditches, UASB – Waste Stabilization Ponds – Reclamation and Reuse of sewage - sewage recycle in residential complex - Recent Advances in Sewage Treatment – Construction and Operation & Maintenance of Sewage Treatment Plants. PART - A BT Level BT-1
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Describe the objectives of Secondary and Tertiary treatment of sewage. Define sludge solids retention time in ASP design.
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Define sludge age.
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Explain the main objectives of providing advanced treatment of sewage. How it is different from conventional
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Explain with few words about the sludge volume index.
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Discuss the term re-circulation ratio in trickling filter.
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attached growth processes with suitable examples. 11. 12. 13. 14.
Examine how advanced treatment of sewage is different from conventional treatment system. Illustrate the types of trickling filters? How it will be used in treatment system? How do you determine hydraulic loading rate of a trickling filter? Formulate the expression for finding out the final efficiency of two stages.
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Contrast the uses and applications of UASB reactor. State an advantage of it. Compare the oxidation ditch with oxidation pond.
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Rewrite the formula for recirculation factor.
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Waste stabilization ponds are applicable for sewage management in rural areas only. Comment on this statement and justify your comment. Explain the operational principle of waste stabilization ponds. Construct a layout of single stage of re-circulation processes.
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PART - B 1.
Describe with neat sketch the treatment of sewage by activated sludge process. Write the advantages and disadvantages of the process.
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i) Tabulate the advantages and disadvantages of ASP and Trickling Filters.
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ii) What do you understand by secondary treatment of sewage water? Explain the various methods of biological treatment. 3.
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i) Show the loading refers criteria of aeration tank of an activated sludge process.
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ii) Describe the operational problem of activated sludge process. 4.
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i) Find the size of standard rate trickling filter to treat 6 million litres of sewage per day having BOD of 160 mg/l. Take hydraulic loading of 6m3/m2/d and organic loading of 0.35kg/m3/d.
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Explain in detail with neat sketches about the trickling filters with its advantages and disadvantages.
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Determine the size of a high rate trickling filter for the following data: Sewage flow
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BOD of Raw sewage = 230 mg/l BOD removal in PST = 30% BOD of treated effluent required = 25 mg/l. 7.
Discuss about the working principle of oxidation ditch with advantages and disadvantages and draw the typical process flow diagram.
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Design an oxidation ditch for a design sewage flow of 50MLD. Assume suitable data wherever necessary. Show the neat sketch of the designed unit.
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Discover how UASB is related with treatment of waste water? Write in detail about the UASB reactor with neat sketch, advantages and disadvantages.
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i) Explain the Reclamation and Reuse of Sewage.
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ii) Discuss in detail about waste stabilization pond.
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What do you understand by waste stabilization ponds? Explain the working principle of aerobic stabilization pond.
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i) Explain the algal-bacterial symbiosis with respect to waste stabilization pond.
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ii) Design a high rate trickling filter for treating sewage of 15 ML/d with a raw sewage BOD5 of 330 mg/L. Assume a recirculation ratio of 1.5 and efficiency of the filter as 85%. Use NRC equation. 13.
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Design an oxidation ditch for a community of 7500 with per capita sewage contribution of 90 Lpcd and BOD 250 mg/l, the desired BOD of the treated sewage is 30mg/l.
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www.Vidyarthiplus.com UNIT V - DISPOSAL OF SEWAGE AND SLUDGE MANAGEMENT Standards for Disposal - Methods – dilution – Self purification of surface water bodies – Oxygen sag curve – Land disposal – Sludge characterization – Thickening – Sludge digestion – Biogas recovery – Sludge Conditioning and Dewatering – disposal – Advances in Sludge Treatment and disposal. PART - A Q.No
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1. 1. Name the different unit processes involved in sludge treatment. 2. Define sewage sickness.
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Give the preventive methods for sewage sickness.
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Identify the methods of disposal of septic tank effluent.
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Define dilution factor.
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Define percolation rate.
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Differentiate the methods of sludge thickening and sewage
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sickness. 8. 2. Summarize the objectives of sludge thickening. 9.
Describe “Euphotic Zone”.
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Integrate the methods of disposal of sewage by land treatment.
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What is meant by re -oxygenation?
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Write in detail about zone of recovery.
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Briefly explain sludge density index.
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Explain the term self-purification.
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Classify the various zones of a polluted river.
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Explain „Oxygen Sag Curve‟.
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How the river maintains its clearness?
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18.3. What if, the concern in the application of sewage on to land is not satisfied? 19. Explain sludge conditioning. 20.
Draw the oxygen sag curve and show the de-oxygenation and re-oxygenation curve.
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(i) A large stream has a rate of re-aeration constant, Kr = 0.24 per day (to base 10) and de-oxygenation constant, Kd = 0.1 per day (to the base 10).The initial deficit of the mixture of stream and waste water at the point of reference Do = 4 mg/l and the ultimate 5 day BOD, Lo = 35mg/l. Find the D.O deficit and critical time.
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Write short notes on (i) Wastewater reclamation.
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(ii) Sewage disposal to sea water.
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Name the various actions involved in the self-purification process of a stream and explain briefly.
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Explain the principle of the self-purification process of stream and the various stages of oxygen sag curve.
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i) Explain the mechanism of biogas recovery from sludge. (6) ii) A waste water treatment plant produces sludge of 1000kg dry solids per day with a moisture content of 97%. The solids are 65% volatile with specific gravity 1.05 and inorganic solids of specific gravity 2.55. Determine the sludge volume of raw sludge, after dewatering to 70% and after incineration.
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Explain the methods available and limitations of land disposal of sewage.
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Discuss the need for sludge dewatering and explain the various sludge dewatering methods.
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i) Solve the Streeter Phelps equation and show its application. (10) ii) A town discharges 14 million litres per day sewage at a temperature of 23°C into a river having flow of 1.7 m3/sec and water temperature of 20°C. BOD at 20°C for the waste water is 160 mg/l and k (base 10) is 0.1 per day. If R is 0.2 per day what is the critical oxygen deficit and the distance at which it occurs. Assume the stream as 92% saturated with oxygen
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A waste water effluent of 600 lit/sec with a BOD = 60mg/l, DO = 2.5mg/l and temperature of 25o C enters a river where the flow is 30m3/sec and BOD = 3mg/l, DO= 8.5mg/l and temperature of 16oC, de-oxygenation constant for the waste water is 0.10 per day at 20oC. The velocity of water in the river downstream is 0.15 m and depth of flow is 1.5m/s. Determine
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the following after mixing of waste water with the river water : i) Combined discharge ii) BOD iii) DO iv) Temperature 10.
Determine the liquid volume before and after digestion and percentage reduction for 600kg (dry basis) of primary sludge having following characteristics. Particles
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With the help of flow chart, Explain various process involved in the sludge treatment and disposal. Explain the mechanism of anaerobic and aerobic sludge digestion with their relative merits and demerits.
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Secondary sedimentation tank of a waste water treatment plant produces 1100 kg (dry basis) solids with moisture content of 95%. Solids are of 70% volatile with specific gravity of 1.05 and 30% being fixed with specific gravity of 2.6. Determine the sludge volume as it is produced and after the incineration.
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i) Explain the anaerobic sludge digestion process and also the effects of pH and temperature on it.
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i) Draw a typical oxygen sag curve and explain its meaning. (8) ii) Determine the BOD of river water at the discharge point of the treated sewage from a town having a BOD of 30 mg/l discharged at the rate of 5 m3/s into a river having a flow of 30m3/s and no BOD.
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