An Investigation for the Key Role of Surfactants in Activated Sludge Dewatering

2010 ◽  
Vol 43 (2) ◽  
pp. 238-246 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jia-jun Fu ◽  
Chen-jiao Xia ◽  
Ying Wang ◽  
Su-ning Li ◽  
Lian-he Yan ◽  
...  
2014 ◽  
Vol 50 ◽  
pp. 10-17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jie Yu ◽  
Minhui Guo ◽  
Xinhua Xu ◽  
Baohong Guan

1991 ◽  
Vol 23 (4-6) ◽  
pp. 899-905 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y. Matsuzawa ◽  
T. Mino

Activated sludge mixed cultures were cultivated with a glucose containing substrate in order to investigate the relationship between the feeding pattern (continuous or intermittent feeding) and the glycogen reservation capacity of activated sludge. An experimental method to measure the maximum capacity of glycogen reservation in the sludge was developed. Sludge with higher glycogen reservation capacity has an ability to synthesize glycogen faster, which ensures the higher glucose uptake. Therefore, sludge which has high glycogen reservation capacity becomes predominant in intermittently fed reactors. When the feeding pattern was changed from continuous feeding to intermittent feeding, a filamentous bacterium, Type 1701, started to decrease and a gram positive tetrad coccus became predominant. When the feeding pattern was returned to continuous feeding, Type 1701 re-appeared. Type 1701 has lower glycogen reservation capacity than the tetrad coccus. Therefore, the former cannot dominate over the latter in intermittently fed reactors.


2010 ◽  
Vol 150 ◽  
pp. 44-44 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kimchhayarasy. Phuong ◽  
Kazuo. Kakii ◽  
Toshiyuki. Nikata

1998 ◽  
Vol 37 (4-5) ◽  
pp. 317-324 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sudhir N. Murthy ◽  
John T. Novak

Potassium ions appear to play an important role in determining the nature of activated sludge flocs. Relative to sodium, the concentration of potassium ions in most industrial activated sludge is typically low. Laboratory and field studies were conducted to examine the influence of potassium on activated sludge properties. The concentration of potassium affected the concentration of readily extractable (slime) proteins in the floc and the proteins in the surrounding solution. In laboratory tests, an increase in this cation's concentration beyond nutrient requirements impeded sludge dewatering properties as measured by capillary suction time (CST) and specific resistance to filtration (SRF) and associated with an increase in soluble protein. An increase in effluent total organic carbon and effluent turbidity was observed at higher concentrations of this ion. Conversely, an increase in concentration of potassium ion improved the settling properties of sludge with low equivalent monovalent to divalent cation ratio.


1994 ◽  
Vol 30 (11) ◽  
pp. 159-169 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiri Wanner

The paper briefly surveys topics covered by the IAWQ Specialist Group on Activated Sludge Population Dynamics. The activated sludge population dynamics has been formulated as a branch of water science and technology concerned with phenomena governing the relationships between activated sludge microorganisms and their functions. The characterization of organic pollution fractions in wastewaters according to their rate of biodegradation has been discussed and the role of wastewater as an inoculum stressed. The characterization of activated sludge biomass has been evaluated from two viewpoints: grouping according to metabolic abilities and identification and classification of activated sludge microorganisms. The basic selection mechanisms influencing the microbial composition of activated sludge have been described. The problems with activated sludge settling and thickening properties have been mentioned as a typical example of applied population dynamics research.


2003 ◽  
Vol 69 (10) ◽  
pp. 6056-6063 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anushree Malik ◽  
Masashi Sakamoto ◽  
Shohei Hanazaki ◽  
Masamitsu Osawa ◽  
Takanori Suzuki ◽  
...  

ABSTRACT Thirty-two strains of nonflocculating bacteria isolated from sewage-activated sludge were tested by a spectrophotometric assay for their ability to coaggregate with one other in two-membered systems. Among these strains, eight showed significant (74 to 99%) coaggregation with Acinetobacter johnsonii S35 while only four strains coaggregated, to a lesser extent (43 to 65%), with Acinetobacter junii S33. The extent and pattern of coaggregation as well as the aggregate size showed good correlation with cellular characteristics of the coaggregating partners. These strains were identified by sequencing of full-length 16S rRNA genes. A. johnsonii S35 could coaggregate with strains of several genera, such as Oligotropha carboxidovorans, Microbacterium esteraromaticum, and Xanthomonas spp. The role of Acinetobacter isolates as bridging organisms in multigeneric coaggregates is indicated. This investigation revealed the role of much-neglected nonflocculating bacteria in floc formation in activated sludge.


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