Camargo Valero, M.A. and Mara, D.D. (2009) The influence of algal biomass on tracer experiments in maturation ponds. Desalination and Water Treatment, 4. pp. 89-92.
Abstract
Tracer experiments are of concern to wastewater treatment engineers and researchers because of the importance of determining hydraulic regimes and retention times in wastewater treatment units. In this work, a pilot-scale maturation waste stabilisation pond (WSP) was spiked with Rhodamine WT, in order to determine how suspended organic matter would interfere with its performance as a tracer in a domestic wastewater treatment unit which had a high content of suspended algal biomass. A primary maturation pond was spiked in three separate runs with different levels of algae (high, medium and low), with a known amount of Rhodamine WT (20% v/v); the tracer was measured in the pond effluent in real time every 20 min for 3θ (the theoretical retention time, θ = 17 d). Algal biomass was monitored weekly from influent, column and effluent water samples by chlorophyll-a determination. The results show that algal biomass has a strong influence on the behaviour of Rhodamine WT as a tracer and therefore the hydraulic characteristicsm calculated from tracer curves may be affected by tracer adsorption on suspended organic matter.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2009 Camargo Valero,M.A.& Mara D.D. Reproduced in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | Algal biomass, hydraulic characteristics, maturation ponds, tracer experiments |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Engineering & Physical Sciences (Leeds) > School of Civil Engineering (Leeds) The University of Leeds > Faculty of Engineering & Physical Sciences (Leeds) > School of Civil Engineering (Leeds) > Inst for Pathogen Control Engineering (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Miss Elizabeth Winning |
Date Deposited: | 21 May 2009 14:35 |
Last Modified: | 24 Nov 2016 08:36 |
Published Version: | http://www.deswater.com/articoli/360.pdf |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Desalination Publications |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:8622 |