The advanced kinetic model of the excess activated sludge wet oxidation

The objectives of the research were to study the mechanism and reaction kinetics of wet air oxidation oft the activated sludge. The effect of temperature, oxygen partial pressure and the concentration of substrates on the reaction rate was measured. On the basis of the experimental data, the scheme of the reaction pathway was discussed and the kinetic model of this process, which consists of the concentration of the solid phase and the rest of the parameters, was proposed. The special techniques of optimization were applied to calculate the kinetic parameters of this model, e.g. activation energy, the prepotential coefficient of the Arrhenius' equation and reaction order.