The role of the flow pattern in wastewater aeration tanks

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 407-414

  Gresch, M ^a,b   Braun, D ^b   Gujer, W ^a,b  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Activated sludge process; Compartmental model; Reactive tracer; Reactor hydraulics; Residence time distribution

Indexed keywords

BIOACTIVITY; BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); FLOW FIELDS; FLOW PATTERNS; HYDRAULICS; SEWAGE TANKS; WASTEWATER; WATER AERATION;

COMPARTMENT MODEL; COMPARTMENTAL MODEL; CONSERVATIVE TRACERS; DIRECT OBSERVATION; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; KEY FACTORS; LONG TERM; PLANT CONTROL; PLANT PERFORMANCE; REACTIVE TRACER; RESIDENCE TIME DISTRIBUTION; RESIDENCE TIME DISTRIBUTIONS; TEMPORAL RESOLUTION; WASTEWATER AERATION;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS;

BROMIDE; TRACER; OXYGEN; WATER;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AERATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLOW FIELD; FLOW PATTERN; HYDRAULICS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; STORAGE TANK; TRACER; WASTEWATER;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AERATION; COMPARTMENT MODEL; CONFERENCE PAPER; DENITRIFICATION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT; REACTOR; TANK; TECHNIQUE; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; ARTICLE; BIOREACTOR; CHEMISTRY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; SEWAGE; THEORETICAL MODEL; TIME; WATER FLOW;

BIOREACTORS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OXYGEN; TIME FACTORS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER; WATER MOVEMENTS;

EID: 77950351828     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2010.803     Document Type: Article

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