Optimising activated sludge growth rate by intensifying hydrodynamic forces

Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology

Volumn 78, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 276-282

  Evans, G M ^a   Liu, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Activated sludge; Energy dissipation; Floc radius; Microbial activity; Specific growth rate

Indexed keywords

ENERGY DISSIPATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; OPTIMIZATION; SUBSTRATES;

HYDRODYNAMIC FORCES;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS;

GLUCOSE;

COUETTE FLOW; FLOCCULANT; HYDRODYNAMICS; MICROBIAL POLLUTANT; SLUDGE;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEVICE; ENERGY; ENERGY TRANSFER; EXPERIMENTATION; FLOCCULATION; GROWTH RATE; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; ROTATION; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

EID: 0037291453     PISSN: 02682575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jctb.769     Document Type: Conference Paper

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