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solids production in Trickling filter.

Thread starter dhot
Start date Nov 15, 2007

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Nov 15, 2007

dhot

Civil/Environmental

Is there a general rule or a chart to see how much solids are produced in a trickling filter? For example I have a bio tower to treat BOD. For every lb of BOD that goes onto the tower it produces 0.5 lbs of TSS. I am doing a rerate on a plant and DEP is asking for everything to be accounted for.