Comparative evaluation of mass transfer of oxygen in three activated sludge processes operating under uniform conditions

Journal of Environmental Engineering and Science

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 89-100

  Mahendraker, Venkatram ^a,b   Mavinic, Donald S ^b   Hall, Kenneth J ^b  

^a PAPRICAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biological nutrient removal; Completely mixed activated sludge process; Oxygen transfer efficiency; Oxygen uptake rate

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; BIOLOGICAL SEWAGE TREATMENT; BIOREACTORS; DIFFUSERS (FLUID); DIFFUSION; ENERGY UTILIZATION; OXYGEN; PLANTS (BOTANY); REACTION KINETICS; SOLUBILITY; WATER;

BIOLOGICAL NUTRIENT REMOVAL (BNR); COMPLETE MIXED ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS (CMAS); OXYGEN TRANSFER EFFICIENCY (OTE); OXYGEN UPTAKE RATE;

MASS TRANSFER;

EID: 20544443945     PISSN: 14962551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/s04-042     Document Type: Article

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