Process Control of Activated Sludge Plants by Microscopic Investigation

• Main Author: H. Eikelboom, Dick (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: IWA Publishing 2000
• Subjects: Industrial applications of scientific research & technological innovation; Water supply & treatment; microscopic sludge investigation; metazoa; microscopy; filamentous micro-organisms - protozoa; activated sludge process; scum formation; activated sludge flocs; bulking sludge
• Online Access: OAPEN Library: download the publication; OAPEN Library: description of the publication

Process stability and final effluent quality largely depend upon the composition of the biomass in an activated sludge plant. Operational problems such as bulking and scum formation occur when the wrong micro-organisms are dominating the sludge population. Microscopic sludge investigation is therefo...