Question: Consider a treatment system without solids recirculation and with the following characteristics: Reactor volume: V = 9 , 0 0 0 m Hydraulic retention time:

Consider a treatment system without solids recirculation and with the following characteristics: Reactor volume: V =9,000 m Hydraulic retention time: 0=3 d Influent substrate: S.=350 mg/L Biomass in the reactor (MLVSS): X =173.3 mg/L Yield: Y =0.6 gVSS/gBODs Endogenous rate: ka =0.06 d? Maximum specific growth rate: Imax =3.0 d'1 Half-saturation coefficient: Ks =60 mg/L a) Calculate the soluble effluent BOD concentration (in mg/L), after steady-state conditions have been reached in the system. (10 Marks) b) Calculate the mass of biological solids produced in kg each day. (15 Marks)

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