A simple empirical model for activated sludge thickening in secondary clarifiers

Water Research

Volumn 36, Issue 13, 2002, Pages 3245-3252

  Giokas, D L ^a   Kim, Youngchul ^b   Paraskevas, P A ^c   Paleologos, E K ^a   Lekkas, T D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^b Hanseo University   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

Author keywords

Activated sludge; Diluted activated sludge concentration; Feeding well; Secondary clarifiers; Sludge blanket height

Indexed keywords

CLARIFIERS; SETTLING TANKS;

SLUDGE PLANTS;

SEWAGE SLUDGE;

CLARIFIER; SLUDGE; THICKENING; WASTEWATER;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DILUTION; FEEDING; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLUDGE BLANKET REACTOR; SLUDGE THICKENING; STRATIFICATION;

EID: 0036662186     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1354(02)00019-2     Document Type: Article

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