Aeration systems for wastewater treatment

ISBN-13: 9783845473413 / Angielski / Miękka / 136 str.

Ajey Kumar Patel; Achanta Ramakrishna Rao

Opis

Aeration is one of the important processes employed in activated sludge process of the biological treatment units of wastewater. In this process the level of dissolved oxygen in the effluent is raised to the required amounts to decompose organic matters present in the effluent and thereby to reduce the BOD (biochemical oxygen demand) of the effluent by a physical means called aeration process . The aeration process consumes as much as 60-80% of total power requirements of wastewater treatment plants. Therefore, the efficiency in design of aeration process is required so that wastewater treatment and its power consumption can be economized.

O autorze

I am a postdoctoral fellow at Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore. I did my PhD from IISc in area of Environmental Fluid Mechanics with a focus on wastewater aeration systems. I am broadly interested in application of fluid mechanics principles in various environmental engineering problems.