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Abstract
Basic Principles of Wastewater Treatment is the second volume in the series Biological Wastewater Treatment, and focusses on the unit operations and processes associated with biological wastewater treatment.
The major topics covered are:
- microbiology and ecology of wastewater treatment
- reaction kinetics and reactor hydraulics
- conversion of organic and inorganic matter
- sedimentation aeration
Table of Contents
| Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contents | vi | ||
| Preface | viii | ||
| The author | xii | ||
| 1 Microbiology and ecology of wastewater treatment | 1 | ||
| 1.1 Introduction | 1 | ||
| 1.2 Microorganisms present in water and wastewater | 2 | ||
| 1.3 Biological cells | 3 | ||
| 1.4 Energy and carbon sources for microbial cells | 4 | ||
| 1.5 Metabolism of microorganisms | 5 | ||
| 1.6 Energy generation in microbial cells | 6 | ||
| 1.7 Ecology of biological wastewater treatment | 10 | ||
| 2 Reaction kinetics and reactor hydraulics | 23 | ||
| 2.1 Introduction | 23 | ||
| 2.2 Reaction kinetics | 24 | ||
| 2.3 Mass balance | 31 | ||
| 2.4 Reactor hydraulics | 34 | ||
| 3 Conversion processes of organic and inorganic matter | 71 | ||
| 3.1 Characterisation of substrate and solids | 71 | ||
| 3.2 Conversion processes of the carbonaceous and nitrogenous matters | 77 | ||
| 3.3 Time progress of the biochemical oxidation of the carbonaceous matter | 81 | ||
| 3.4 Principles of bacterial growth | 84 | ||
| 3.5 Modelling of substrate and biomass in a complete-mix reactor | 96 | ||
| 4 Sedimentation | 125 | ||
| 4.1 Introduction | 125 | ||
| 4.2 Types of settling | 127 | ||
| 4.3 Discrete settling | 129 | ||
| 4.4 Flocculent settling | 137 | ||
| 4.5 Zone settling | 140 | ||
| 5 Aeration | 161 | ||
| 5.1 Introduction | 161 | ||
| 5.2 Fundamentals of gas transfer | 162 | ||
| 5.3 Kinetics of aeration | 168 | ||
| 5.4 Factors of influence in oxygen transfer | 170 | ||
| 5.5 Oxygen transfer rate in the field and under standard conditions | 172 | ||
| 5.6 Other aeration coefficients | 174 | ||
| 5.7 Mechanical aeration systems | 178 | ||
| 5.8 Diffused air aeration systems | 181 | ||
| 5.9 Aeration tests | 182 | ||
| 5.10 Gravity aeration | 186 | ||
| References | 193 |