Biomass density and filament length synergistically affect activated sludge settling: Systematic quantification and modeling

Water Research

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 457-465

  Jassby, D ^a   Xiao, Y ^b   Schuler, A J ^c  

^a University of California Riverside   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c University of New Mexico   (United States)

Author keywords

Activated sludge; Biomass density; Filaments; Image analysis; Settling; Sludge volume index

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; BACTERIA; BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; BIOREACTORS; COMBINES; FILAMENTS (LAMP); IMAGE ANALYSIS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BIOMASS DENSITY; FILAMENTOUS BACTERIA; FLUORESCENT IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; SEMI-EMPIRICAL MODELING; SETTLING; SLUDGE VOLUME INDEX; WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM;

BIOMASS;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BACTERIUM; BIOMASS; DOMINANCE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LINEARITY; MEASUREMENT METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; VOLUME; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOMASS DENSITY; BIOREACTOR; DENSITY; FILAMENT LENGTH; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLUDGE SETTLING; SPHAEROTILUS; SPHAEROTILUS NATANS; BIOMASS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEWAGE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SPHAEROTILUS NATANS;

PRIMER DNA; SEWAGE;

BASE SEQUENCE; BIOMASS; BIOREACTORS; DNA PRIMERS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SEWAGE;

EID: 84888440995     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2013.10.003     Document Type: Article

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