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Solids separation parameters for secondary clarifiers
Author(s) -
Hasselblad Serena,
Xu Shulan
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
water environment research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.356
H-Index - 73
eISSN - 1554-7531
pISSN - 1061-4303
DOI - 10.2175/106143098x123660
Subject(s) - clarifier , settling , activated sludge , work (physics) , decantation , blanket , process (computing) , process engineering , environmental engineering , environmental science , materials science , engineering , computer science , sewage treatment , chemistry , chromatography , mechanical engineering , composite material , operating system
Efficient separation of solids and supernatant is crucial in an activated‐sludge system because the performance of the system depends on the return of active biological solids to the biological reactor. For optimization and planning of the process, dynamic models describing the settling process are available. To use these models for simulations, parameters that characterize biomass settling must be known. The one‐dimensional model used in this work requires characteristic settling parameters from repeatedly performed batch tests. However, the model, together with its characteristic parameters, applies better to deep circular clarifiers than to rectangular ones. This work describes a new method to find the alternative settling parameters V A and n A , from dynamic measurements in a full‐scale rectangular clarifier, to be used for simulations of the same clarifier. Results from simulations of the movement of sludge blanket height in different clarifiers using the parameters V A and n A agreed well with full‐scale performance.