Sludge volume index settleability measures: Effect of solids characteristics and test parameters

Water Environment Research

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 87-93

  Bye, Christopher M ^a   Dold, Peter L ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Activated sludge; Diluted sludge volume index; Flux theory; Settleability; Sludge volume index; Stirred specific volume index; Zone settling velocity

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEWAGE SETTLING TANKS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

DILUTED SLUDGE VOLUME INDEX; FLUX THEORY; SLUDGE VOLUME INDEX (SVI); STIRRED SPECIFIC VOLUME INDEX (SSVI); ZONE SETTLING VELOCITY;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS;

SETTLING; SLUDGE; SOLID;

ARTICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLUDGE; SOLUBILITY; TRANSPORT KINETICS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 0031934563     PISSN: 10614303     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2175/106143098X126928     Document Type: Article

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