A waste treatment settling tank treats an industrial waste inflow (QIN) of 0.2 m3/s with a suspended particulate concentration (
CIN) of 2000 mg/L. The settling reactor has a sludge flow (SS) to a centrifuge of 360 grams/s, and a flow (QS) of 0.050 m3/s. The centrifuge has a return flow (QR) to the settling tank of 0.048 m3/s and a concentration (CR) of 408 mg/L. 1. What is the effluent flow (QE, in m3/s), concentration (CE, in mg/L) and particulate mass flow (SE, in grams/s)
2. What is the concentration (CDW) and particulate mass flow rate (SDW) for the dewatered sludge?
When a substance is heated, it gains thermal energy. Therefore, its particles move faster and its temperature rises. When a substance is cooled, it loses thermal energy, which causes its particles to move more slowly and its temperature to drop.
