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 laboratory sized aeration basins. Pulse inputs of radioactive sodium-24 have been used to obtain residence time distribution curves (impulse response curves) for the basins. Reproducible experimental data are easy to obtain, and the basin parameters computed from the data agree well with the known parameters if care is taken to use experimental data for periods longer than 8-10 residence times. Otherwise, the data can be misleading.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 10, 1970
Accession Number
AD0715726

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
  • Biomedical Research
  • Buildings And Structures
  • Chemical Reactions
  • Dispersions
  • Distribution Curves
  • Experimental Data
  • Flow Rate
  • Gamma Rays
  • Mathematical Models
  • Models
  • Research Facilities
  • Tracer Studies
  • Waste Treatment
  • Water Resources

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