Fifteen years of offgas transfer efficiency measurements on fine-pore aerators: Key role of sludge age and normalized air flux

Water Environment Research

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 266-273

  Rosso, D ^a   Iranpour, R ^b   Stenstrom, M K ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Los Angeles Bureau of Sanitation   (United States)

^c University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

Aeration; Fine bubble; Fine pore; Normalized air flux; Oxygen transfer; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); COSTS; DIFFUSERS (FLUID); HEAT LOSSES; MAINTENANCE; SEWAGE SLUDGE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

AERATION EFFICIENCIES; AIR FLUX; AIRFLOW RATES; ENERGY COSTS;

WATER AERATION;

DISSOLVED OXYGEN; OXYGEN;

AERATION; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

AERATION AND OXYGENATION; AERATOR; AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DIFFUSION; ENERGY COST; FLOW RATE; HEAT LOSS; MEASUREMENT; OFFGAS TESTING; OXYGEN TRANSPORT; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLUDGE; TECHNIQUE; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

EID: 18644368054     PISSN: 10614303     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2175/106143005X41843     Document Type: Article

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