Abstract
This study mainly investigated the conceptual and experimental aspects related to the assessment of the particulate inert COD in tannery, domestic and synthetic wastewaters. The assumption of a constant fEX coefficient defining the residual fraction of endogenous biomass was not justified. Experimental proof was provided for the effect of residual microbial products generation, both soluble and particulate, on the assessment of inert COD fractions of different wastewaters. The results enabled the description of a unified procedure for the experimental assessment of inert COD fractions of wastewaters, as well as residual microbial products.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 3191-3203 |
| Number of pages | 13 |
| Journal | Water Research |
| Volume | 33 |
| Issue number | 14 |
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| Publication status | Published - Oct 1999 |
Funding
This study was conducted as part of the sponsored research activities of the Environmental Biotechnology Center of the Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey and ITÜ Research Foundation.
| Funders | Funder number |
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| Türkiye Bilimsel ve Teknolojik Araştirma Kurumu |
Keywords
- Activated sludge modelling
- COD fractionation
- Endogenous decay
- Particulate inert COD
- Residual fraction of endogenous decay
- Residual microbial products
- Wastewater characterization
