Activated Sludge Process Design and Control, Second Edition

Contents: Process Theory Kinetics and Sludge Quality Control: Activated Sludge Process - Process Theory - Activated Sludge Separation Problems - References Activated Sludge Treatment of Municipal Wastewater U.S.A. Practice: General Approach - Clarifier Design - Aeration Tank (Reactor) Design - Appurtenance Design - Configurations - ReferencesEuropean Practices: Introduction - Historical Perspective - Process Design - Models - Dynamic Models - Aeration Systems - Alternatives to the Main Types of Aeration Units - Secondary Settlement - Process Sequences - Instrumentation, Control, and Automation (ICA) - Some Other Process Variants - Future Trends - ReferencesActivated Sludge Treatment of Industrial Waters: Introduction - Pretreatment of Industrial Wastewater - Characterization of Industrial Wastewater - Principles of Biological Oxidation - Acclimation of Biological Sludges - Kinetics of Organic Removal - Activated Sludge Effluent Variability - Bioinhibition of the Activated Sludge Process - Effect of Temperature - Sludge Quality Control - Stripping of Volatile Organics - Nitrification and Denitrification - Activated Sludge Processes - Treatment of Industrial Wastewaters in Municipal Activated Sludge Plants - Application of Powdered Activated Carbon (PACT) - Final Clarification - Effluent Suspended Solids Control - Laboratory and Pilot Plant Procedures for the Development of Process Design Criteria - Activated Sludge Design Procedure for Soluble Wastewater Using Complete Mix Activated Sludge - Design Procedure for a Wastewater Containing Degradable Influent Volatile Suspended Solids - Design for Priority Pollutant Removal - References.

Process Theory Kinetics and Sludge Quality Control.Activated Sludge Treatment of Municipal Wastewater U.S.A. Practice.European Practices: Activated Sludge Treatment of Industrial Waters.CONTRIBUTORSA. L. Downing, D.Sc., Fi.Chem.E., England W. Wesley Eckenfelder, D.Sc., P.E., Eckenfelder, Inc. Petr Grau, D.Sc.B., Prague Institute of Chemical Technology, Czechoslovakia Mark Hsu, Ph.D., P.E., D.E.E., Greeley & Hansen John L. Musterman, Ph.D., P.E., Eckenfelder, Inc. Jiri Wanner, Ph.D., Prague Institute of Chemical Technology, Czechoslovakia Thomas E. Wilson, Ph.D., P.E., D.E.E., Greeley & Hansen John L. Musterman, Ph.D., P.E., Eckenfelder, Inc. Jiri Wanner, Ph.D., Prague Institute of Chemical Technology, Czechoslovakia Thomas E. Wilson, Ph.D., P.E., D.E.E., Greeley & Hansen

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