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The activated sludge process is one of the most frequently used processes for biological wastewater treatment. Conventional gravity sedimentation (CGS), which is widely used as a secondary clarifier in activated sludge processes, has a routine problem due to floating tendency, called bulking, caused by filamentous microorganisms. Dissolved air flotation (DAF) has been applied as potential alternative to CGS as a secondary clarifier. A series of experiments were performed to measure physico-chemical characteristics and removal efficiency of activated sludge flocs. The removal efficiency of flocs corresponding in lag and exponential growth phases was lower, while that of flocs both in stationary and endogenous phases considerably increased. The rise velocity of floc/bubble agglomerates was calculated by using a population balance (PB) model explaining the distribution of floc/bubble agglomerates. The experimental results of flotation efficiency showed a similar tendency with the results predicted by PB model for the rise velocity and distribution of floc/bubble agglomerates. It was found from our study that the DAF process was very effective as a secondary clarifier in the activated sludge process.
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Jung, HJ., Lee, JW., Choi, DY. et al. Flotation efficiency of activated sludge flocs using population balance model in dissolved air flotation. Korean J. Chem. Eng. 23, 271–278 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02705726
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