the objective of this research was to develop a laboratory test procedure to predict full-scale primary clarifier performance using chemically enhanced primary treatment (cept). a method was developed that simulated actual primary clarifier performance, with chemical enhancements, based on simulating full-scale surface overflow rate (sor) and flocculation time in the laboratory. the method used...

A top-loading settling column is described and used to characterize the settling properties of the solids in the discharge water from a commercial rainbow trout production facility. Mass-based and phosphorus-based settling curves are presented. The median settling velocity on a mass-basis for the settleable solids was 1.7 cm s. The median settling velocity for the settleable phosphorus was 1.15...

in biological wastewater treatment large quantities of sludge are produced. this sludge is highly putrescible.for disposal and safe usage should be stabilized. the anaerobic digestion is a standard technique for stabilization. due to the rate imiting step of sludge hydrolysis, anaerobic degradation is a slow process with high digestion time. due to high retention time and sludge dewatering prob...

The most meaningful parameter to determine the treatment efficiency of large scale sedimentation tanks is the settling velocity of suspended solids. However it is difficult to measured representative settling velocity because of the instability of suspended solids. A water elutriation system was tested to assess the treatment efficiency of sedimentation tanks. In laboratory tests the flow condi...

This study aimed to assess the strategy of supplementing commercial diet Nile tilapia juveniles with DL-methionine and soybean oil, in BFT culture tanks, by monitoring water quality, bioflocs composition, growth performance. The daily allowances were restricted 25% different levels (0 1) oil (0, 0.6, 1.2%) supplementation carried out, having delivery artificial as reference. tanks submitted fee...

This work evaluated the behaviour of a Pilot Plant to receive and pre-treat septage collected transported by trucks from decentralized sewage treatment systems greasy residues grease traps. was installed at Brasília Sul Sewage Treatment composed grid, equalization tank, rotating screen, crusher Central Unit for separating settleable solids (SetS) floating solids, mainly oils greases (O&G). ...

Since the earlier anaerobic treatment systems, the design concepts were improved from classic reactors like septic tanks and anaerobic ponds, to modern high rate reactor configurations like anaerobic filters, UASB, EGSB, fixed film fluidized bed and expanded bed reactors, and others. In this paper, anaerobic reactors are evaluated considering the historical evolution and types of wastewaters. T...

Combined sewer overflows (CSOs) degrade water quality through the release of microbial contaminants in CSO effluent. Improved understanding of the partitioning of microbial contaminants onto settleable particles can provide insight into their fate in end-of-pipe treatment systems or following release during CSO events. Sampling was performed across the hydrograph for three storm events as well ...

A study was conducted to assess the performance of anaerobic-aerobic treatment system of a local potato processing industry. The wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) consisted of primary treatment, upflow anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB), activated sludge process (ASP) and secondary clarifier. The study analyzed the physical, chemical and biochemical parameters of the influent (raw sewage) as well ...