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Pure Oxygen Activated Sludge Process

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Biological Treatment Processes

Part of the book series: Handbook of Environmental Engineering ((HEE,volume 8))

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The use of pure oxygen for activated sludge treatment has become competitive with the use of air owing to the development of efficient oxygen dissolution systems. The pure oxygen system may be used for aeration in activated sludge systems that operate in either the plug flow or complete mix hydraulic regimes. It is readily adaptable to new or existing complete mix systems and can be used to upgrade and extend the life of overloaded plug-flow systems. The amount of oxygen that can be injected into the liquid (for a specific set of conditions) is approximately four times the amount that could be injected with an air system. In addition to process description, this chapter discusses covered and uncovered units, design considerations, design parameters and design procedure.

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  1. Professor and Environmental Engineering Consultant, ExDean and Director, Lenox Institute of Water Technology, Lenox, MA and Krofta Engineering Corporation, Lenox, MA

    Nazih K. Shammas

  2. Ex-Dean and Director, Lenox Institute of Water Technology, Lenox, MA, Assistant to the President (retired) Krofta Engineering Corporation, Lenox, MA and VP, Zorex Corporation, Newtonville, NY

    Lawrence K. Wang

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  1. Lenox Institute of Water Technology, Lenox, MA

    Lawrence K. Wang PhD, PE, DEE

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    Lawrence K. Wang PhD, PE, DEE

  3. Zorex Corporation, 1 Dawn Drive, Latham, NY, 12110, USA

    Lawrence K. Wang PhD, PE, DEE

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    Norman C. Pereira PhD

  5. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cleveland State University, 16945 Deerfield Drive, Strongsville, OH, 44136, USA

    Yung-Tse Hung PhD, PE, DEE

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Shammas, N.K., Wang, L.K. (2009). Pure Oxygen Activated Sludge Process. In: Wang, L.K., Pereira, N.C., Hung, YT. (eds) Biological Treatment Processes. Handbook of Environmental Engineering, vol 8. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-60327-156-1_7

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