Title: Powdered activated carbon in an activated sludge treatment plant
Abstract: Addition of powdered activated carbon (PAC) to the aeration basin of an activated sludge treatment plant fed with dye-works waste waters increases the purifying capacity of the plant: removal efficiency rises from 55.8 to 75.6% (COD) and from 78 to 98.5% (BOD5) and the nitrification-denitrification capacity of the system also increases. The sludge growth parameters and the kinetic constant of biological oxidation were determined on the plant with and without PAC. The addition of PAC decreased overall sludge growth rate and the auto-oxidation factor, but increased the biological removal rate of the substrate by about one order of magnitude.
Publication Year: 1984
Publication Date: 1984-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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