Attached Growth Design: trickling filter
tf hydraulic loading nit to tf organic loading high rate plastic
Attached growth biological treatment design parameters — trickling filter (low rate, high rate, partial BOD, nitrification), TFSC, TFAS, IFAS, MBBR carrier properties and removal/volumetric fluxes, and BAF volumetric loadings, oxygen transfer, denitrification loadings, and backwash rates. Source: Metcalf & Eddy Wastewater Engineering 5th Ed., Chapter 9.
| process type | parameter id | parameter name | unit | value max | value min |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| trickling filter | tf hydraulic loading nit | Hydraulic loading - BOD removal and nitrification | m³/m²·d | 16 | 5 |
| trickling filter | tf hydraulic loading partial | Hydraulic loading - partial BOD removal | m³/m²·d | 100 | 40 |
| trickling filter | tf nit flux central valley xf138 | Nitrification flux JN max - Central Valley UT (XF 138) | g N/m²·d | 2.9 | 2.1 |
| trickling filter | tf nit flux lima vf89 | Nitrification flux JN max - Lima OH (VF 89) | g N/m²·d | 1.8 | 1.2 |
| trickling filter | tf nit flux littleton xf136 | Nitrification flux JN max - Littleton/Englewood CO (XF 136) | g N/m²·d | 2.3 | 1.2 |
| trickling filter | tf nit flux malmo xf138 | Nitrification flux JN max - Malmö Sweden (XF 138) | g N/m²·d | 2.8 | 1.6 |
| trickling filter | tf nit flux midland vf89 | Nitrification flux JN max - Midland MI (VF 89) | g N/m²·d | 1.8 | 1.1 |
| trickling filter | tf organic loading high rate plastic | Organic loading - high rate plastic | kg BOD/m³·d | 2.4 | 0.6 |
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