Modelling carbon oxidation in pulp mill activated sludge systems : determining model parameters
To predict the behavior of municipal wastewater treatment facilities, the Activated Sludge Model No. 1 is often used. This model has also served as the basis for the development of many other models to determine the behavior of activated sludge systems treating municipal wastewater, and has also...
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| Language: | English |
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2009
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2429/5896 |
| Summary: | To predict the behavior of municipal wastewater treatment facilities, the
Activated Sludge Model No. 1 is often used. This model has also served as the
basis for the development of many other models to determine the behavior of
activated sludge systems treating municipal wastewater, and has also been
extended to the development of a model for petrochemical activated sludge
treatment systems. Application of the model requires the determination of kinetic
parameters and wastewater composition using continuous culture laboratory
scale activated sludge reactors. These systems are laborious to operate and
are equipment intensive.
Activated sludge systems are a commonly used method of secondary treatment
of pulp mill effluents in British Columbia. The application of the Activated Sludge
Model No. 1 has not been extended previously to predict the performance of
carbon oxidation in activated sludge systems treating pulp mill effluent. The
objective of this study was to establish a database of experimental information
on the characteristics of activated sludge systems treating bleached Kraft pulp
mill wastewater using simple on-site batch test methods.
Batch test methods involving respirometry and chemical oxygen demand
measurements were successful in generating a data set of wastewater and
biomass characteristics comparable to those found in the literature. Development of a dynamic mechanistic model based on the data generated in
this study will provide a framework for studying the behavior of pulp mill
activated sludge systems and provide a basis for planning further
experimentation. === Applied Science, Faculty of === Civil Engineering, Department of === Graduate |
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