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Main Title Design Optimization of the Chlorination Process. Volume I: Comparison of Optimized Pilot System with Existing Full-Scale Systems.
Author Snepp, Endel ; Bao, Paul ;
CORP Author California Dept. of Health Services, Berkeley.;Municipal Environmental Research Lab., Cincinnati, OH.
Year Published 1981
Report Number EPA-S-803459; EPA-600/2-81-167;
Stock Number PB82-100835
Additional Subjects Sewage treatment ; Chlorination ; Disinfection ; Performance evaluation ; Pilot plants ; Comparison ; Industrial waste treatment ; Design criteria ; Sulfur dioxide ; Dechlorination
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NTIS  PB82-100835 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
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Abstract Parallel wastewater effluent chlorination studies were done on a mobile optimized chlorination pilot system and the full-scale system at eight different treatment plants. Disinfection efficiency was measured by total coliform enumeration and chlorine residual tests. Parallel flow-through fish bioassays were also conducted at each location. The objectives of the study were as follows: achievement of adequate disinfection with minimum use of chlorine; reduction of cholorine-induced toxicity; and writing of a design manual. At 7 of the 8 plants studied the optimized pilot plant achieved an equivalent level of disinfection with significantly lower chlorine dosage, in some cases more than 50% lower, than the full-scale plants. The pilot plant chlorine residuals were also lower by the same proportions. The reasons for the better pilot plant results were rapid initial mixing, improved chlorine control, and plug flow contact. In most cases the bacterial survival ratio could be expressed as a function of the product of chlorine residual and contact time. There appeared to be, however, a limiting contact time to which this relationship applied. The degree of coliform reduction obtained during initial mixing appeared to be a function of chlorine residual.
Supplementary Notes See also Volume 2, PB81-118051.
NTIS Title Notes Final rept. Feb 77-Sep 79.
PUB Date Free Form Sep 81
Category Codes 13B; 68D
NTIS Prices PC A07/MF A01
Primary Description 600/14
Document Type NT
Cataloging Source NTIS/MT
Control Number 323804148
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