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Oxidation Ditch Design Calculator

Date: 2025-11-12
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Oxidation Ditch Process Design Calculator
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1.Oxidation Ditch Process Design parameters: 
Design treatment watervolume Q= 300 m³/d= 12.5  m³/h
Intake water quality: Water quality ofeffluent
Inlet water CODCr= 1620  mg/L CODcr= 324 mg/L
BOD5=S0= 840  mg/L BOD₅=Sz= 126  mg/L
TN= 250  mg/L TN= 30  mg/L
NH4+-N= 180  mg/L NH₄⁺-N= 18  mg/L
Alkalinity SALK= 280  mg/L pH= 7.2 
SS=
180
mg/L
SS=Ce=
  20 mg/L

f=MLVSS/MLSS=
0.7  Mixture concentration X= 4000  mgMLSS/L
Minimum sludge age is used 30  d
Dissolved oxygen concentration of aeration tank effluent
mg/L
Attenuation factor Kd= 0.05  d-1
Activated sludge yield coefficient Y=
0.5  mgMLSS/mgBOD₅
Average summer temperature T1=
25

Denitrification rate constant qdn,20 at 20℃=
0.07  kgNO₃⁻-NkgMLVSS
Average winter temperature T2= 15 
Denitrification temperature correction factor=
1.09 
Residual alkalinity 100 mg/L Nitrification reaction safety factor K= 2.5
Requiredalkalinity 7.14  mg alkalinity/mgNH4-N oxidation Oxygen required for nitrification 4.6  mgO2/mgNH₄-N
Output alkalinity
3.57

mg alkalinity/mgNO3+-N reductior
Oxygen available for denitrification 2.6  mgO2/mgNO₃⁺-N
Dissolved oxygen concentration during denitrification 0.2 mg/L If the biological sludge contains about 0.1  Nitrogen for cellular synthesis
2. Design Calculation
(1)Aerobic zone volume calculation
459   m³ Aerobic tank hydraulic retention time t1= 1.53 d 36.72 h
3.Volume calculation of hypoxic zone
(1)Oxidation ditch biological sludge production
42.84  kg/d
(2)For cell ynthesisTKN= 5.31  kg/d That is,there are TKN×1000/300 in TKN= 17.71 mg/L
Therefore,the [NH4-N]to be oxidized= 144.29  mg/L Reduction required [NO3+-N]=

43.29
mg/L
(3)Denitfication rate


0.036  kg/(kg.d)
(4)Volume of hypoxic zone V2
425  Anoxic tank hydraulic retention timet₂= 1.42 d= 33.98 h
4. Total tank volume of oxidation ditch
V=V₁+V₂= 884  Total hydraulic retention time t= 2.95  d
The design takes V= 900 
Design effective water depth h= 3.5  m Design width b= 5.5  m
Then the total length of the
required ditch L=
46.75  m Take the length of
the linear trench section =
22.5  m
Actualeffective volume = 11.98.87 Actual dwelltime t'=                      4.0  d
5. Alkalinitybalancecalculation
(1)Nitrification consumes alkalinity= 1030.25 mg/L
(2)Denitrification produces alkalinity= 154.54 mg/L
(3)Removal of BOD5 produces alkalinity 71.4 mg/L
(4)Residual alkalinity=
175.69
mg/L
6. Calculation of actual oxygen demand 7.Calculation of standard oxygen
demand
(1)Carbonation Oxygen Demand(COD) Press set conditions a= 0.85  β= 1
254.17 kg/d Cs(20)= 9.17  θ=
Cs(25)= 8.38 
678.83  kg/d
(2)Nitrifiction Oxygen Demand(NOD)
D₂=4.5×Q(N-Ne)= 218.7 kg/d
(3)Oxygen production by denitrification 8.Sludge Return Flow Calculation
D3=2.6×Q×Nt= 33.76  kg/d According to the set condition X₀= 250  mg/L Xr= 10000  mg/L
From QXO+Qr=(Q+Qr)X we get
(4)Nitrifying residual sludge NH4-Noxygen demand 187.5  m³/d
D4=0.56×Wv×f= 16.79  kg/d
(5)Total Oxygen
D=D1+D2-D3-D4= 422.31  kg/d 9.Residual sludge volume

W=Wv+X₁Q-XeQ=
27.54  m³/d
Take the sludge water content P= 99%
3.44 m³/d

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