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    This document is an exam for a Civil & Structural Engineering course on municipal and industrial wastewater treatment. It provides instructions for calculator use and contains 6 questions across two sections. Question 2 is compulsory, and students must answer it along with 4 other questions of their choosing. The questions cover topics like sewer and wastewater treatment plant design, technical terms, sampling procedures, and chemicals used in industrial wastewater treatment.

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    THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG

    B.ENG. PART Ill EXAMINATION

    CIVIL & STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING:


    61350 Municipal and industrial wastewater treatment

    May 6 , 1997 Time allowed: 3 hours


    (9:30 am - 12:30 pm)
    Answer QUESTION 2 WHICH IS COMPULSORY and FOUR other questions. All
    questions carry equal marks.

    Use of calculators:
    The Calculator:
    (i) should be silent and battery-operated;

    (ii) should not have any printing device, alphanumeric display, alphanumeric
    keyboard, or graphic display; and

    (iii) should not contain any recorded data or program.

    It is the candidate's responsibility to ensure that his calculator operates satisfactorily.


    Candidates must record the name and type of their calculators on the front page of
    their examination scripts.

    Section A

    1. A straight main sewer is to be designed to carry foul sewage from a new


    residential district to the nearby intercepting sewer. The projected maximum
    population in this district is 14,400 people. The length of the main sewer is 72 m
    and the ground elevations at the upper and lower ends of the sewer are 11.82 m
    and 11.64 m, respectively. Using the design chart provided,

    a) select the appropriate size of the sewer, and

    b) check if the required minimum velocity of 0.75 m/scan be achieved at the design
    flow.

    Assume that the following conditions are applicable:


    - The global sewage unit flow factor is 300 L/capita per day.
    - The peak flow equals four times Average Dry Weather Flow.
    - Concrete pipes will be used with a roughness ks = 0.6 mm.

    2. A new private housing development (Residential R2 type) for 2000 people without
    access to public sewerage is required to provide its own sewage treatment facility
    to treat the sewage to acceptable standards for direct discharge into receiving
    waters. An activated sludge treatment plant of the extended aeration modification.
    not preceded by primary sedimentation, is selected. The following design
    parameters are recommended by EPD in "Guidelines for the design of small
    treatment plants" :
    influent: 0.37 m 3 /person-day
    55 g BOD/person-day
    55 g SS/person-day
    design peak flow = 4 DWF (dry weather flow)
    extended aeration: F/M < 0.07 kg total BOD/kg MLSS-day
    MLSS = 2000 -3500 mg/L
    hydraulic retention time = 24 hours
    BO D concentration in effluent = 20 mg/L
    sludge yield = 1 kg solids/kg BOD removed
    fmal sedimentation tank: maximum surface loading at peak flow = 22
    m3 /m2-day;
    minimum retention time = 2 hours at peak flow;
    solid concentration of sedimentation tank sludge =
    1 %;
    SS concentration in effluent = 20 mg/L.

    a) Find the volume of the aeration tank, in m 3


    b) Find the surface area of the fmal sedimentation tank, in m 2
    c) Estimate the sludge age, in days, based on actual F/M and MLSS values
    d) Estimate the return flow rate, in % of inflow
    e) Estimate the volume of wet sludge produced, in m3 /day

    3. The following technical terms are commonly used in municipal wastewater


    treatment. Briefly discuss their significance and application in wastewater
    treatment and design:

    a) design parameter
    b) preliminary treatment
    c) denitrification
    d) oxygen requirement
    e) rotating biological contactor
    f) anaerobic digestion

    Section B

    4. What are the following technical terms and their respective applications in
    industrial wastewater treatment?

    a) zeta potential
    b) pKsolubility
    c) hydrocyclone
    d) SVI
    e) air flotation

    5. Discuss in detail precautions, techniques and chemicals used in sampling and


    preservation of wastewaters for analysis, and the reasons behind them.

    6. The following chemicals are often used in the treatment of industrial wastewaters.
    Discuss their characteristics and their specific application in detail. (Note: each
    chemical may have more than one application).

    a) chlorine
    b) sulphur dioxide
    c) aluminium sulphate
    d) sodium hydroxide
    e) potassium phosphate
    END OF PAPER

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