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COD-METER [1 record]

Record 1 1999-02-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Environmental Studies and Analyses
  • Water Pollution
OBS

A measurement of the pollution load must be obtained with a COD-meter or better still, with an industrial respirometer receiving a mixture of the effluent to be treated and activated sludge, which is held in a separate reactor in a very slow stage of development with a low sludge loading factor.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Études et analyses environnementales
  • Pollution de l'eau
OBS

Une mesure de la pollution peut être obtenue au moyen d'un DCOmètre ou mieux par un respiromètre industriel alimenté par un mélange d'eau à traiter et de boues activées maintenues dans un réacteur séparé à une phase de développement très ralenti avec facteur de charge faible.

Spanish

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