Respirometric assessment of residual organic matter for domestic sewage

Orhon D., Okutman D.

ENZYME AND MICROBIAL TECHNOLOGY, cilt.32, sa.5, ss.560-566, 2003 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 32 Sayı: 5
  • Basım Tarihi: 2003
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/s0141-0229(03)00023-1
  • Dergi Adı: ENZYME AND MICROBIAL TECHNOLOGY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.560-566
  • İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

A new method is developed for the respirometric assessment of the soluble and particulate COD components in wastewater. The method relies on evaluating the area under the oxygen uptake rate (OUR) curve, excluding the fraction associated with endogenous respiration, generated for a wastewater sample as the equivalent of its biodegradable COD content. The method compares well with a previously recommended procedure for the calculation of the soluble inert COD. It also enables the computation of the soluble residual microbial products likely to be generated during the course of biological processes. (C) 2003 Elsevier Science Inc. All rights reserved.