Thanks to visit codestin.com
Credit goes to www.scribd.com

Scribd
Upload
974 views6 pages

Rapid Sand Filter Design Guide

This document provides a design example for a rapid sand filter. The key details are: - The filter is designed to treat 20,000 cubic meters of water per day with 2% allowed for backwashing. - The filter area is calculated to be 86.8 square meters with each of the 2 beds being 43.4 square meters. - The underdrain system includes 0.3% of the bed area for hole area, 0.9 meter diameter manifold, and 6.1 centimeter spacing of 40 millimeter holes. - Three backwash troughs are included with a flow rate of 0.12 cubic meters per second each. A clear water reservoir of 1,302 cubic

Uploaded by

Shepherd Nhanga
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
974 views6 pages

Rapid Sand Filter Design Guide

This document provides a design example for a rapid sand filter. The key details are: - The filter is designed to treat 20,000 cubic meters of water per day with 2% allowed for backwashing. - The filter area is calculated to be 86.8 square meters with each of the 2 beds being 43.4 square meters. - The underdrain system includes 0.3% of the bed area for hole area, 0.9 meter diameter manifold, and 6.1 centimeter spacing of 40 millimeter holes. - Three backwash troughs are included with a flow rate of 0.12 cubic meters per second each. A clear water reservoir of 1,302 cubic

Uploaded by

Shepherd Nhanga
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
You are on page 1/ 6

FILTER DESIGN EXAMPLE

Dr. A. Saatci
USA -Rapid Sand Filter Design
Inputs
Design a rapid sand filter to treat Q= 20000 m3/d
Allowing filtered water for backwashing: Q_BW= 2%
Time used for bakwashing per day = t_BW= 0.50 hours
Assume the rate of filtration = 10 m/h
Number of Filters 2.00
Length/ Width of Filters= 1.30
Depth of Sand Media= 1.00 m
Solution:
Total filtered water =20 000 x 1.02x 24/(24*(24-.5))= 868 m3/h

Area of filter =20 000 x 1.02= 86.8 m2 86.8 m2


23.5 x 10
Each bed area 86.8/2 = 43.4 m2 43.4 m2
Let the length of the filter as: L/B = 1.3; 1.3B2= 43.4 m2
Width = 5.78 m
Length = 5.78 x 1.3 = 7.51 m 7.51 m

Underdrainage system:
Total area of holes = 0.2 to 0.5% of bed area. 0.35% (0.2-0.5 % of bed area)
2
Assume 0.3% of bed area =0.3x 43.4 = 0.13 m 0.152 m2
100
XSS Area of lateral = 2 (Area of holes of lateral) 0.304 m2
XSS Area of manifold = 2 (Area of laterals) 0.608 m2

Diameter of manifold =(4x 0.52/pi)1/2= 81.4 cm 0.880 m


Choose a standard diameter = 0.9 m 900
Assume c/c (center to center) of lateral = 30 cm. 0.3 m
Holes
Take dia of holes = 13 mm 10.00 mm 0.01 m
2 2
Number of holes: npi(1.3) =Total Area of holes = 860 cm 0.152 m2
4
n =4 x Total Hole Area= 1934
3.14(Hole Diam) 2
Choose total number of holes 2000

Number of holes per lateral = No of holes/number of laterals = 13 40


2 2
Area of perforations per lateral = 13 xp(1.3) /4 = 17.24 cm 0.00314 m2 31.4 cm2
Spacing of holes = L_lateral/no of holes per lateral = 19.5 cm. 0.061 6.13 cm
XSS. area of lateral = 2 x area of perforations per lateral = 2 x 17.24 = 34.5 cm2. 0.0063 m2 62.73 cm2
Diameter of lateral = (4 x 34.5/p)1/2= 6.63 cm 0.0894 m 90.00 mm
Choose a standard pipe diameter= 0.0900 m
Check:( Length of lateral<60* Diam of Lateral) 60 x 6.63 = 3.98 m. l = 2.545 m. 5.40 OK > L_Lateral
BW Trough Design

Number of BW troughs= 3
Distance between BW troughs lengthwise at 5.75/3 = 1.9 m c/c. 1.93 m c/c
Discharge of each trough = Q/3 = 0.36/3 = 0.12 m 3/s. 0.12 m3/s
3/2
Q =1.71 x b x h
Assume width of BW Trough= 0.3 m
h= 0.381 m
= 40 + (free board) 5 cm = 45 cm; slope 1 in 40

Clear water reservoir for backwashing


Duration of BW 0.50 h
For 4 h filter capacity, Capacity of tank =4 x 5000 x 7.5 x 5.75 x 2= 1725 m3 1302 m3
1000
Depth of BW Storage Tank= 5m
2
Surface area = 1725/5 = 345 m 260 m2
L/W = 2
2
L/B = 2; 2B = 345; B = 13 m & L = 26 m. 11.4 Roundup= 12.0
L= 22.8 Roundup= 23.0
Volume= 1380.0 m3
Dia of inlet pipe coming from two filter = 50 cm. 0.5 m
Velocity in filter effluent pipe during filtration= 0.59 m/s

Diameter of the BW water pipe= 0.70 m 700


BW Water flowrate= 0.362 m3/s
Velocity in the BW tank= 0.94 m/s OK
Air BW
Air Velocity 1000 l of air/ min/ m2bed area (1 m/min = 60 m/h) 60 m/h
Time of air BW= 5 min
Air required During BW = 1000 x 5 x 7.5 x 5.77 x 2 = 4.32 m3of air. 434 m3 Air
Blower Capacity= 86.81 m3/min =

You might also like