The inhibition effect of rapid variations pH in wastewater on activated sludge was investigated laboratory-scale sequencing batch reactors (SBR). toxic influence 6.5 and 8.5 examined. experiment with preferable to formation high FA concentration showed a low risk second step nitrification (conversion nitrites nitrates). However, the reactor at first-step ammonia nitrites) caused by FNA formatio...

Denitrification of synthetic high nitrate waste containing 9032 ppm NO(3)-N (40,000 ppm NO(3)) in a time period of only 6h has been achieved in our previous study using activated sludge. The activated sludge culture was acclimatized by a stepwise increase in the nitrate concentration of synthetic waste. In the present work, studies were carried out on the changing microbial population of the sl...

Organic fraction of solid waste, which upon degradation produces foul smell and generates pathogens, if not properly managed. Composting is not a method of waste disposal but it is a method of waste recycling and used for agricultural purposes. An integrated approach of composting methodology was tested for municipal solid waste management. Solid waste first was composted and after 22 days, was...

Knowledge on rheological properties of sludge is important for the design of pumping and transport facilities and as a tool in process control during treatment. Concentrated activated sludge is known to behave as a non-Newtonian material. The contribution to nonNewtonian behaviour is believed to originate from the colloidal properties of solids more than from the molecular properties of the sus...

in pakistan besides pesticide contamination from agricultural field, the manufacturing industriesare also contributing relatively high quantities of toxic pesticides into the environment. these pesticides maybe toxic, mutagenic or carginogenic and may be bioaccumulated or biomagnified by the biota. because ofpersistent nature of pesticides, its removal from environmental system become difficult...

In general, wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) consists of several stages before it is released to a receiving water body. There are, preliminary and primary treatment (mechanical treatment), a secondary treatment (biological treatment) and a tertiary treatment (chemical treatment). In this chapter, since the work involve of identification and control design of activated sludge process to improv...

Introduction: Extended aeration activated sludge system has a lower sludge production than other activated sludge processes. Due to its high hydraulic retention time (HRT), the tolerance of this process is higher than the shocks caused by increased organic loading rate. The main objective of this study is to evaluate the performance of the aeration system in removing physicochemical and mi...

Hospital wastewater has special importance since having pathogens, radioactive materials, pharmaceutical wastes and heavy metals. Removing them into environment without any treatment may cause serious problems for the public health. Membrane Biological Reactor is the combination of the activated sludge and membrane filters. This research has investigated the performance of the Nano-Filtration i...

The present study investigates the influence of individual and combined hydrogen peroxide and thermal pre-treatment of waste activated sludge on anaerobic digestion. For so doing, it employs anaerobic batch reactors in the mesophilic conditions. For comparison, soluble fractions of organic matter, biogas production, biochemical methane potential, removal of chemical oxygen demand (COD), and vol...