The research was on the sludge start-up of SH-A process for mature landfill leachate treatment, SH-A is the combined SHARON (Single Reactor High Activity Ammonia Removal Over Nitrite) ANAMMOX(Anaerobic Ammonium Oxidation). The seed sludge was from Yangeryu Landfill of Anshan, Liaoning province of China. The landfill leachate was used to cultivate the sludge. The results showed that the start-up...

The Integrated Film Activated Sludge Process (IFAS) was developed to reduce the cost of additional facilities required to complete year round nitrification in the design of new or retrofit wastewater treatment plants. The purpose of this project was to develop a computer-based mechanistic model, called IFAS, which can be used as a tool by scientists and engineers to optimize their designs and t...

In this study, the effect of sludge retention time (SRT) on oxic-settling-anoxic (OSA) process was determined using a sequencing batch reactor (SBR) attached to external aerobic/anoxic reactors. The SRT of the external reactors was varied from 10 to 40d. Increasing SRT from 10 to 20d enhanced volatile solids destruction in the external anoxic reactor as evidenced by the release of nutrients, ho...

In this paper, we define and implement the design of an optimized control structure for the activated sludge process given as COST/IWA benchmark simulation model No.1. Emphasis is given to the identification of controlled variables that contribute to minimize economic costs while the effluent requirements are met. This is achieved considering the selfoptimizing procedure as reference method for...

The paper will report about the experiences at an Austrian large wastewater treatment plant of 720,000 population equivalents, where anaerobically digested sewage sludge is further stabilised under aerobic conditions. Enhanced stabilisation of the anaerobically digested sludge was required at the plant in order to get a permit for landfill disposal of the dewatered stabilized sludge. By impleme...

Sewage sludge is generated as a result of treating municipal wastewater to remove organic and inorganic impurities from dilute solutions. The treatment results in concentrating the impurities into a smaller volume of liquid, called sludge. The main processes involve sludge stabilisation, dewatering and incineration. The major objective of stabilisation is to make the sludge less odorous and put...

Batch anaerobic digestion tests of primary sludge and waste activated sludge were conducted for a duration of 123 days to determine the ultimate degradability of the sludges. For primary sludges the inert fraction of the particulate COD that was predicted by the wastewater models could be employed to predict their biodegradability under anaerobic conditions. The degradation of waste activated s...

Monoaromatic hydrocarbons such as benzene have been found in sludge created by oil production facilities and industries. Benzene is considered as a carcinogenic substrate and biodegradation, primarily under aerobic conditions, is an important environmental process for water and soil associated benzene remediation. Aerococcus sp. strain BPD-6 isolated from petroleum hydrocarbon contaminated oily...

The paper is concerned with the design of a fuzzy model-based predictive controller for activated sludge wastewater treatment processes. The control purpose is to maintain the dissolved oxygen concentration in an aerobic reactor of the wastewater treatment plant at the set-point. The fuzzy model of the activated sludge processes is derived based on the Activated Sludge Model No. 1 (ASM1), inclu...

In the temperature range of 10 to 80 oC and in a batch digester, a typical activated sludge was digested aerobically. Reaction rate constants were determined by measuring the amounts of volatiles removed from the suspended solids at different time intervals during the process. The maximum value of the reaction rate constant (0.45 d ) occurred in the temperature range of 55-60 ̊C. Removal of indi...