Application of a hybrid respirometric technique to the characterization of an industrial wastewater

摘要

Respiration rate is a most sensitive variable for characterization of the activated sludge process and the associated removal and degradation of the biodegradable matter from wastewater.~(1-7) Carfully designed respirometric experiments can provide us with wastewater characteristics such as the concentrations of readily degradable substrate and hydrolysable mater but also with activated sludge characteristics such as maximum specific growth rates and decay coefficients.