Physical and chemical properties of activated sludge floc

 
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1993 (EN)

Physical and chemical properties of activated sludge floc (EN)

Andreadakis, AD (EN)

Physical and chemical characteristics of activated sludge such as floc size, density, specific surface, carbohydrate content, dehydrogenase activity and settleability were investigated by seven parallel bench scale activated sludge units operated under different sludge ages (1.1-17.4 days). The analytical methods used included a dye adsorption technique for specific surface area determinations, the Coulter Counter method for floc size measurements and interference microscopy for floc density determinations. The typical floc sizes were found to be in the range 10-70 mum with floc densities in the range 1.015-1.034 g cm-3. A strong correlation between floc density and size was obtained. The specific surface areas measured (typically 100-200 m2 g-1 dry sludge) were found to be one to two orders of magnitude higher than the corresponding geometric floc surface areas, indicating a porous floc structure. Sludge settleability, for non-filamentous sludges, was well correlated to both floc size, density and specific surface area, but not to the sludge carbohydrate content, which was found to vary between 6 and 18%. (EN)

journalArticle (EN)

Activated sludge (EN)
particle size (EN)
Exocellular polymers (EN)
Colloids (EN)
Water Resources (EN)
Specific surface area (EN)
technique (EN)
Properties (EN)
Floc density (EN)
Sewage sludge (EN)
Floc specific surface area (EN)
Activated (EN)
Engineering, Environmental (EN)
Floc size (EN)
Chemical properties (EN)
Polymers (EN)
Environmental Sciences (EN)
adsorption (EN)
phase contrast microscopy (EN)
density (EN)
activated sludge (EN)
waste water management (EN)
Sludge (EN)
Physical properties (EN)
flocculation (EN)
article (EN)
dye (EN)
coulter counter (EN)
Sewage Treatment (EN)
Non-filamentous bulking (EN)
Flocculants (EN)
Activated sludge floc (EN)
correlation function (EN)


Water Research (EN)

English

1993 (EN)

12 (EN)
10.1016/0043-1354(93)90107-S (EN)
27 (EN)
0043-1354 (EN)
ISI:A1993LZ03100002 (EN)
1707 (EN)
1714 (EN)

PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD (EN)




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