

Oxidation Ditch
Oxidation ditches are most often used to treat municipal wastewater, but I do come across this activated sludge configuration in the...
Aug 30, 20255 min read


ModelRisk
Estimating Oxygen Demand in a Bioreactor Using Monte Carlo Simulations from ModelRisk Introduction In this post I am going to focus on a...
Jul 6, 20258 min read


Nitrogen Testing and Alkalinity Control
In this post I focus on aspects of laboratory testing and plant operation that relate to nitrification, a topic I am endlessly fascinated...
Apr 30, 202211 min read


Cell Generation Time
Bacteria are amazingly complex, even though each is comprised of only a single cell. Bacteria make up about 95 percent of all the...
Apr 3, 20215 min read


GPS-X
Increase DO in a Bioreactor with Hydrogen Peroxide Hydrogen peroxide can be used to increase the dissolved oxygen (DO) concentration in...
May 25, 20207 min read


Estimating RAS TSS
In this post I'm going to discuss how you can estimate the solids concentration in the return activated sludge (RAS) using the treatment...
Sep 9, 20198 min read





