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The effect of nitrite and nitrate concentrations on low F/M filament bulking in nitrogen removal activated sludge systems
Includes bibliography.
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| author | De Villiers, M E |
| author2 | Ekama, George A |
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/15945 The effect of nitrite and nitrate concentrations on low F/M filament bulking in nitrogen removal activated sludge systems De Villiers, M E Ekama, George A Marais, Gerrit van Rooyen Civil Engineering Applied Science Includes bibliography. Filamentous bulking and its associated poor sludge settleability is a considerable problem in South African activated sludge plants, as indicated by the two surveys undertaken on these plants in 1985 and 1988 (Blackbeard et al., 1986, 1988). Amelioration of this problem would enable a greater daily flow and load of wastewater to be treated by these plants. From the surveys it is apparent that bulking in long sludge age activated sludge plants is mainly due to the proliferation of the group of so-called low F/M filaments (as classified by Jenkins et al., 1984). In the course of a 4-year research program investigating specific bulking control methods, Gabb et al. (1989) concluded that the selector effect, which was proposed as a method for controlling low F/M filament bulking, was ineffective. This research also indicated that in fully aerobic systems low F/M bulking was ameliorated, but in intermittently aerated anoxic-aerobic systems low F/M filament bulking was promoted. The research presented in this thesis forms part of a follow-up bulking research program into low F/M bulking which led to the formulation of a bulking hypothesis by Casey et al. (1992b) and focuses on the effect of different anoxic-aerobic conditions and their effect on the concentration of nitrate and nitrite entering the aerobic zone/reactor in single intermittently aerated and multi-reactor nitrification-denitrification systems. 2015-12-28T05:59:33Z 2015-12-28T05:59:33Z 1994 Master Thesis Masters MSc http://hdl.handle.net/11427/15945 eng application/pdf Department of Civil Engineering Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment University of Cape Town |
| spellingShingle | Civil Engineering Applied Science De Villiers, M E The effect of nitrite and nitrate concentrations on low F/M filament bulking in nitrogen removal activated sludge systems |
| thesis_degree_str | Master's |
| title | The effect of nitrite and nitrate concentrations on low F/M filament bulking in nitrogen removal activated sludge systems |
| title_full | The effect of nitrite and nitrate concentrations on low F/M filament bulking in nitrogen removal activated sludge systems |
| title_fullStr | The effect of nitrite and nitrate concentrations on low F/M filament bulking in nitrogen removal activated sludge systems |
| title_full_unstemmed | The effect of nitrite and nitrate concentrations on low F/M filament bulking in nitrogen removal activated sludge systems |
| title_short | The effect of nitrite and nitrate concentrations on low F/M filament bulking in nitrogen removal activated sludge systems |
| title_sort | effect of nitrite and nitrate concentrations on low f m filament bulking in nitrogen removal activated sludge systems |
| topic | Civil Engineering Applied Science |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/15945 |
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