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Viviani Gaspare

Effect of biomass features on oxygen transfer in Conventional Activated Sludge and Membrane BioReactor systems

The present study reports the results on the comparison between the oxygen transfer efficiency in a conventional activated sludge (CAS) and membrane bioreactor (MBR) system. The oxygen transfer was evaluated by means of the oxygen transfer coefficient (kLa)20 and α-factor calculation, under different operating conditions and with different activated sludge features, including total suspended solids (TSS) concentration, extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) content and composition, sludge viscosity and size of the flocs. The (kLa)20 and α-factor showed an exponential decreasing trends with TSS in the CAS and MBR, even if it was noted that the (kLa)20 dependence on TSS was stronger in the …

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Impianto perfezionato per il trattamento di acque reflue

Negli ultimi anni, a causa dell’incremento dei costi di smaltimento dei fanghi prodotti nel corso dei processi depurativi basati su metodi biologici, si va diffondendo sempre più la tendenza e la necessità di ridurne la produzione direttamente alla fonte, ovvero nel corso dello stesso processo che li genera. Diversi metodi sono proposti in letteratura e molti di essi sono già coperti da brevetto (OSA®, Cannibal®, Biminnex®), applicati ai processi biologici a fanghi attivi convenzionali (CAS). Il limite di questi processi è che una riduzione molto spinta della produzione di fango di supero, ottenuta sottoponendo la biomassa a stress biologico, comporta significativi peggioramenti della quali…

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Effect of long-term salinity increase on nitritation and denitritation kinetics in activated sludge and granular sludge reactors

The aim of this work was to investigate the effects of moderate and drastic long-termincrease of salinity.Particularly, the study was aimed at assessing the shock effecton nitritationand denitritation kineticsof halophilic biomass inboth forms:flocculent activated sludge and granular sludge.

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