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dc.contributor.advisorDonald Harleman and Susan Murcott.en_US
dc.contributor.authorBourke, Mike R. (Mike Robert), 1976-en_US
dc.contributor.otherMassachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering.en_US
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dc.date.accessioned2005-09-27T19:36:52Z
dc.date.available2005-09-27T19:36:52Z
dc.date.copyright2000en_US
dc.date.issued2000en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/8975
dc.descriptionThesis (M.Eng.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2000.en_US
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references (leaves 148-149).en_US
dc.description.abstractEffective, low-cost wastewater treatment that permits removal of pollutants and the deactivation of pathogens is essential to protect public health. An emerging technology that has been proposed to accomplish this goal, is Chemically Enhanced Primary Treatment, or CEPT. CEPT vastly improves the effectiveness of an existing wastewater treatment facility, enabling the plant to not only meet increasing flow demands, but to attain higher removal efficiencies at the same time. Similarly, in the case of a new treatment facility, it can be designed to treat larger amounts of flow, and/or the designed size can be decreased by as much as half, and still meet expected capacity. The governing principle behind CEPT is the enhancement of the primary settling process through the addition of low dosages of metal salts and extremely small amounts of an anionic polymer. These additions cause the particulate matter in the wastewater to coagulate and flocculate, thus creating larger particles, which in turn settle at a much faster rate. This thesis looks at the different forms by which CEPT can be implemented in wastewater lagoon systems, namely "pre-pond" and "in-pond" CEPT. While there is discussion of numerous CEPT plants, special attention is paid to the full-scale study and analysis of the CEPT upgrade at Riviera de Sao Lourenco, Brazil. This plant conducted full-scale tests of both "prepond" and "in-pond" CEPT. This thesis compares the advantages and disadvantages of "prepond" and "in-pond" CEPT, along with the effectiveness of each.en_US
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityby Mike R. Bourke, Jr.en_US
dc.format.extent149 leavesen_US
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dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherMassachusetts Institute of Technologyen_US
dc.rightsM.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission.en_US
dc.rights.urihttp://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582
dc.subjectCivil and Environmental Engineering.en_US
dc.titleFull scale study of chemically enhanced primary treatment in Riviera de Sao Lourenco, Brazilen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.description.degreeM.Eng.en_US
dc.contributor.departmentMassachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
dc.identifier.oclc47089674en_US


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