NATURE OF ACTIVATED-SLUDGE FLOCS
NATURE OF ACTIVATED-SLUDGE FLOCS
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DOI:
10.1016/0043-1354(76)90153-6
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发表时间:
1976-01-01
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影响因子:
12.8
通讯作者:
FORSTER, CF
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作者:
STEINER, AE;MCLAREN, DA;FORSTER, CF
Previous work has suggested that the settling properties of sludge depend on the chemical and physical nature of the floc surface and that in at least one case the sludge volume index was directly related to the surface charge carried by the sludge particles. This relationship has now been confirmed for sludges from three other works. These sludges all had surface “slime-layers” which contained a polysaccharide composed of neutral sugars and glucuronic acid. In addition to this however, a lysozyme sensitive material was found which also contributed to the overall charge on the particles. This latter material was thought to originate from dead bacteria. Polyvalent cations were also found to be involved in the floc structure and also had an influence on the surface charge. The adsorption of cations by bacteria and biopolymers showed that there were two different types of adsorption behaviour for the activated sludge surface polymer depending on whether it was in the solid state or in solution. It was therefore suggested that different adsorption sites were available to the cations, carboxyl groups being proposed for soluble polymers and hydroxyl groups for the solid. The significance of this adsorption data to the removal of heavy metal ions by the activated sludge process is also discussed.