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Fine Pore Aeration of Water and Wastewater

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The supply of oxygen for aeration is the single largest energy consumer at activated sludge wastewater treatment plants, representing 50–90% of total plant energy requirements (1,2). Replacement of less-efficient aeration systems with fine pore aeration devices can save up to 50% of aeration energy costs and has resulted in typical simple payback periods of 2–6 yr (3). As a result of these very impressive cost savings, a very large number, 1000–2000 municipal and industrial wastewater treatment facilities in the United States and Canada now use fine pore aeration.

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    Nazih K. Shammas PhD (Professor and Environmental Engineering Consultant,Ex-Dean and Director)

  2. Krofta Engineering Corporation, Lenox, MA

    Nazih K. Shammas PhD (Professor and Environmental Engineering Consultant,Ex-Dean and Director)

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    Lawrence K. Wang PhD, PE, DEE  & Nazih K. Shammas PhD  & 

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    Lawrence K. Wang PhD, PE, DEE  & Nazih K. Shammas PhD  & 

  3. Zorex Corporation, Newtonville, NY

    Lawrence K. Wang PhD, PE, DEE

  4. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH

    Yung-Tse Hung PhD, PE, DEE

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Shammas, N.K. (2007). Fine Pore Aeration of Water and Wastewater. In: Wang, L.K., Hung, YT., Shammas, N.K. (eds) Advanced Physicochemical Treatment Technologies. Handbook of Environmental Engineering, vol 5. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59745-173-4_8

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