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Development of strategies to control filamentous bulking in activated sludge treatment of paper and board mill effluents

Reference	BSW11282
Principal Investigator / Supervisor	Dr Christopher Forster
Co-Investigators / Co-Supervisors
Institution	University of Birmingham
Department	Civil Engineering
Funding type	Research
Value (£)	118,197
Status	Completed
Type	Research Grant
Start date	01/12/1998
End date	01/12/2001
Duration	36 months

Abstract

Although filamentous bacteria are known to be associated with bulking sludges, it has been shown that dominance by filaments is not the only factor which determines whether or not a sludge will settle poorly. The work at Birmingham will, therefore, examine the effect of a range of simulated paper and board mill wastewaters on the settlement characteristics and the ecology of sludges in laboratory-scale activated sludge plants. The operational variations of these units would be based on those being used at full-scale plants selected from those being surveyed. Birmingham would also be responsible for co- ordinating the survey and integrating the data such that a series of control options could be formulated. These would then be tested at both laboratory-scale and full-scale. (Joint with grants BSW11281 and BSW11283).

Summary

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Committee	Closed Committee - Engineering & Biological Systems (EBS)
Research Topics	X – not assigned to a current Research Topic
Research Priority	X – Research Priority information not available
Research Initiative	LINK: Biotreatment of Soil and Water (BSW) [1993-1999]
Funding Scheme	X – not Funded via a specific Funding Scheme

Associated awards:

BSW11281 Development of strategies to control filamentous bulking in activated sludge treatment of paper and board mill effluents

BSW11283 Development of strategies to control filamentous bulking in activated sludge treatment of paper and board mill effluents

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