Activated sludge and other aerobic suspended culture processes

From: Water Environment Research | Date: July 1, 2002| Author: Ellis, Timothy G; Eliosov, Boris; Schmit, Christopher G; Jahan, Kauser; Park, Ki Young | Copyright information

LITERATURE REVIEW

Introduction

In preparing the literature review on activated sludge and other aerobic suspended culture processes, it is always a challenge to know where to draw the line as to what is an activated sludge or related process and what is simply a process relating to biodegradation in general. This year has been no exception. As our ability to engineer wastewater treatment systems increases, we continue to take advantage of processes that occur naturally in the ...

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