Purpose
In a sewage (or industrial wastewater) treatment plant, the activated sludge process is a biological process that can be used for one or several of the following purposes:
- oxidizing carbonaceous matter: biological matter.
- oxidizing nitrogeneous matter: mainly ammonium and nitrogen in biological materials.
- removing phosphate.
- driving off entrained gases carbon dioxide, ammonia, nitrogen, etc.
- generating a biological floc that is easy to settle.
- generating a liquor that is low in dissolved or suspended material.
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