Process Modeling of Biological Waste Treatment

Abstract

The report describes the work undertaken to represent and identify mathematical models of biological waste treatment as applied to a laboratory sized aeration basin. Pulse inputs of radioactive sodium-24 have been used to obtain residence time distribution curves (impulse response curves) for the basin. At all reasonable air flow rates which would support a biomass, the tank appears to be well mixed as might be expected. Reproducible experimental data are easy to obtain, and the basin parameters computed from the data agree well with the known parameters.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 15, 1969
Accession Number
AD0715024

Entities

People

  • D. M. Himmelblau
  • E. F. Gloyna

Organizations

  • University of Texas at Austin

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aeration
  • Air Flow
  • Air Supplies
  • Background Radiation
  • Chemical Reactions
  • Combinatorial Analysis
  • Computer Programs
  • Data Analysis
  • Distribution Curves
  • Distribution Functions
  • Experimental Data
  • Flow
  • Flow Rate
  • Mathematical Models
  • Physical Properties
  • Scintillation Counters
  • Waste Treatment

Readers

  • Calculus or Mathematical Analysis
  • Coastal Oceanography
  • Nuclear and Radiation Engineering.