A simple method to estimate the contribution of biological floc and reactor-solution to mass transfer of oxygen in activated sludge processes

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 393-405

  Mahendraker, Venkatram ^a   Mavinic, Donald S ^b   Rabinowitz, Barry ^c  

^a PAPRICAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c CH2M Hill Canada   (Canada)

Author keywords

Activated sludge; Biological floc resistance; Mass transfer of oxygen; Reactor solution resistance; Specific biological floc resistance

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CHEMICAL REACTORS; FLOCCULATION; MASS TRANSFER; OXYGEN;

BIOLOGICAL FLOC; COMPLETELY MIXED ACTIVATED SLUDGE (CMAS); SLUDGE VOLUME INDEX (SVI); SPECIFIC BIOLOGICAL FOC RESISTANCE (SBFR);

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AEROBIC REACTOR; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; DIFFUSION; WASTE WATER;

BIOREACTORS; CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL; FLOCCULATION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; SEWAGE; SOLUTIONS;

EID: 23244433807     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bit.20515     Document Type: Article

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