In order to study the minimization of excess sludge production,the reduction in the excess sludge production in the presence of an inhibitor and uncoupler was studied in this work.The experimental results show that su...In order to study the minimization of excess sludge production,the reduction in the excess sludge production in the presence of an inhibitor and uncoupler was studied in this work.The experimental results show that such an addition could effectively reduce the production of excess sludge.With the energy uncoupling model established in this work,energy uncoupling coefficient(Eu)was used to evaluate the reduction in excess sludge production.The energy uncoupling coefficients in the presence of dinitrophenol(dNP),Zn^(2+),and Cu^(2+)was 0.75,0.46,and 0.18,respectively.The analysis demonstrated that energy spilling occurred in the presence of dNP,and that dNP was an effective uncoupler for reducing the production of excess activated sludge without affecting the microbial respiration activity.展开更多
基金This work was supported by the Key Technologies Research and Development Program of the Tenth Five-Year Plan of Anhui Province(Grant No.04013029)the Research Foundation of Hefei University of Technology(Grant No.050801F).
文摘In order to study the minimization of excess sludge production,the reduction in the excess sludge production in the presence of an inhibitor and uncoupler was studied in this work.The experimental results show that such an addition could effectively reduce the production of excess sludge.With the energy uncoupling model established in this work,energy uncoupling coefficient(Eu)was used to evaluate the reduction in excess sludge production.The energy uncoupling coefficients in the presence of dinitrophenol(dNP),Zn^(2+),and Cu^(2+)was 0.75,0.46,and 0.18,respectively.The analysis demonstrated that energy spilling occurred in the presence of dNP,and that dNP was an effective uncoupler for reducing the production of excess activated sludge without affecting the microbial respiration activity.
