Modeling VOC emissions in the high-purity oxygen activated sludge process

Journal of Environmental Engineering

Volumn 136, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1189-1196

  Jiang, Pan ^a   Tzeng, Chwen Jeng ^b   Hsieh, Chu Chin ^c   Stenstrom, Michael K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CECI ENGINEERING CONSULTANTS INC   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL YUNLIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Activated sludge; Aeration; High purity oxygen; Mathematical modeling; Oxygen transfer; Volatile organic compounds; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AERATION; HIGH-PURITY OXYGEN; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; OXYGEN TRANSFER;

BIODEGRADATION; DEGRADATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROBIOLOGY; OXYGEN; SEWAGE TANKS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; WASTEWATER;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AERATION; BIODEGRADATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; OXYGEN; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

EID: 79955924089     PISSN: 07339372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)EE.1943-7870.0000273     Document Type: Article

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