Title: Multiple regression prediction of biochemical oxygen demand of wastewater from cocoa processing
Abstract:Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD 5 ) is an important parameter for verifying the quality of discharged water fr-om wastewater treatment plants. The 5 day duration required in determining BOD5 levels cau...Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD 5 ) is an important parameter for verifying the quality of discharged water fr-om wastewater treatment plants. The 5 day duration required in determining BOD5 levels causes delay in decision making for process control of wastewater treatment facility, which normally requires only several hours of reside-nce time. Therefore, a multiple regression model was developed to predict BOD 5 levels in wastewater produced from cocoa processing. The concentrations of Total Suspended Solids (TSS), Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD), Oil and Grease (OG) in the wastewaters were determined quickly within ~ 2 hours, and the data was used to form-ulate a multiple regression equation to predict the levels of BOD 5 and associated statistics within a very short time. Thirty (30) data sets of TSS, COD and OG wastewater parameters were used as independent variables to develop the regression equation with BOD5 as dependent variable. Additional twenty five (25) data set from the same cocoa processing wastewater were used to verify and calibrate the model, which showed very good agreeme-nt between the model prediction and measured BOD 5 values. The multiple regression equation could be used to give quick estimate of the BOD 5 levels of the wastewater from cocoa processing and thereby facilitate the waste-water treatment process for the factory. Keywords: Biological oxygen demand, Chemical oxygen demand, Total suspended solids, Wastewater, Cocoa ProcessingRead More
Publication Year: 2015
Publication Date: 2015-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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