Respirometric measurement of kinetic parameters: Effect of activated sludge floc size

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 61-68

  Chu, K H ^a   Van Veldhuizen, H M ^b   Van Loosdrecht, M C M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Activated sludge; Floc size; Kinetic parameter; Mixing intensity; Respirometry

Indexed keywords

ENERGY DISSIPATION; MASS TRANSFER; MIXING; OXYGEN; PHOTOMETRY; RESPIRATORS; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION);

BIOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; PHOTOMETRIC DISPERSION ANALYZERS;

SEWAGE SLUDGE;

OXYGEN;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; FLOCCULATION; MIXING; PARTICLE SIZE;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; BIOREACTOR; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DISPERSION; FLOCCULATION; KINETICS; LABORATORY TEST; MECHANICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; OXYGEN SATURATION; PHOTOMETRY; RESPIROMETER; RESPIROMETRY; SEWAGE; SLUDGE TREATMENT; WATER FLOW;

EID: 0346749850     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2003.0453     Document Type: Conference Paper

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