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Design and operational model for complete mixing activated sludge system
Author(s) -
McKinney Ross E.
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
biotechnology and bioengineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.136
H-Index - 189
eISSN - 1097-0290
pISSN - 0006-3592
DOI - 10.1002/bit.260160603
Subject(s) - confusion , mixing (physics) , activated sludge , popularity , field (mathematics) , scale (ratio) , computer science , simple (philosophy) , process engineering , mathematical model , biochemical engineering , complete mixing , industrial engineering , sewage treatment , operations research , management science , systems engineering , risk analysis (engineering) , environmental science , engineering , environmental engineering , mathematics , business , chemistry , psychology , social psychology , philosophy , statistics , physics , epistemology , chromatography , quantum mechanics , mass transfer , psychoanalysis , pure mathematics
The complete mixing activated sludge (CMAS) system is gaining in popularity for treating both domestic and industrial wastewaters. Experience over the past 20 years has produced a simple mathematical model which can be used in both the design and the operational evaluation of CMAS systems. Laboratory pilot plants and full scale field units have furnished the basic data needed to confirm the validity of the mathematical model. The basic concepts of the model are discussed in light of field evaluations. Areas of conflict and confusion which have arisen in the past will be presented and discussed. Design examples and operational evaluations are presented for several different wastewater systems.