As a service provider, it’s important to know what type of ATU you are dealing with. The unit types are: suspended growth, sequencing batch reactor, attached or submerged growth/fixed media process, and rotating biological contractor.In a suspended growth system the microbes are free-swimming and moving around in the water within the aeration chamber. Air entering the system assists in mixing the microbes with the food entering the aeration chamber.Sequencing batch reactors use a suspended growth process for wastewater treatment where all of the functions are performed in the same treatment tank. When wastewater enters the treatment tank, the aeration system
How Well Do You Know Your ATUs?
The various types of ATUs operate in slightly different ways so you need to be familiar with all varieties
May 07, 2015
| by Jim Anderson, Ph.D. |
