Bound Water Content of Activated Sludge and Its Relationship to Solids Retention Time, Floc Structure, and Surface Properties

Water Environment Research

Volumn 72, Issue 6-7, 2000, Pages 722-730

  Liao, B Q ^c   Allen, D G ^c   Droppo, I G ^a   Leppard, G G ^a   Liss, S N ^b  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Activated sludge; Bound water; Extracellular polymeric substances; Floc size; Sequencing batch reactor; Sludge volume index; Solids retention time; Surface charge

Indexed keywords

EXTRACELLULAR POLYMERIC SUBSTANCES (EPS); SEQUENCING BATCH REACTORS (SBR); SLUDGE VOLUME INDEX; SOLIDS RETENTION TIMES (SRT);

BIOPOLYMERS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; WASTEWATER;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS;

EID: 0034314387     PISSN: 10614303     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2175/106143000x138346     Document Type: Article

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