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ACTIVATED SLUDGE

Specialty Definition: ACTIVATED SLUDGE

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Environment

Product that results when primary effluent is mixed with bacteria-laden sludge and then agitated and aerated to promote biological treatment, speeding the breakdown of organic matter in raw sewage undergoing secondary waste treatment. (references)
 The sludge floc produced in raw or settled sewage by the growth of zoogleal bacteria and other organisms in the presence of dissolved oxygen, and accumulated in sufficient concentrations by returning floc previously formed. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Crosswords: ACTIVATED SLUDGE

Specialty definitions using "ACTIVATED SLUDGE": Biological OxidationMixed LiquorSecondary Treatment, secondary wastewater treatment. (references)

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Commercial Usage: ACTIVATED SLUDGE

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Books

  • Activated Sludge Process Control Training Manual (Operations Training) (reference)

  • Application of On-Line Analytical Instrumentation to Process Control: Proceedings of the First Annual Conference on Activated Sludge Process Control) (reference)

  • Nitrification and Denitrification in the Activated Sludge Process (reference)

  • Respirometry of Activated Sludge Process (reference)

  • Aeration of activated sludge in sewage treatment (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: ACTIVATED SLUDGE

SubjectTopicQuote

Business

For most Thai factories wastewater treatment, when they use it, consists of activated sludge systems and aerated lagoons. (references)

Process water pre-treatment or wastewater modalities include biological treatment, activated sludge reduction, chemical coagulation, flocculation, filtration, oxidation, incineration and activated carbon adsorption. (references)

Economic History

Malaysia

Activated sludge systems and aerated lagoons are becoming increasingly popular. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: ACTIVATED SLUDGE

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

activated sludge

35

activated sludge process

5

activated sludge treatability

4

activated sludge system

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: ACTIVATED SLUDGE

Language Translations for "ACTIVATED SLUDGE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

aktivt slam (biological sludge), aktiveret slam (biological sludge). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

actief-slib (biological sludge), levend slib (biological sludge), biologisch actief-slib (biological sludge). (various references)

   

French

  

boue activée. (various references)

   

German

  

aktivierter Schlamm (biological sludge), biologischer Schlamm (biological sludge), Belebtschlamm (biological sludge), belebter Schlamm (biological sludge). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

βιολογικές λάσπες (biological sludge), ενεργοποιημένη λάσπη (biological sludge), ενεργολάσπη (biological sludge), δραστική λάσπη (biological sludge). (various references)

   

Italian

  

fango attivo (biological sludge), fango attivato (biological sludge). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

活性汚泥 . (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

かっせいおでい. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

activateday udgeslay

   

Portuguese

  

lama biológica (biological sludge), lama activada (biological sludge). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

lodo activo (biological sludge), lodo activado, fango activado (biological sludge). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: ACTIVATED SLUDGE

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-c-d-d-e-e-g-i-l-s-t-t-u-v"

-3 letters: gesticulated.

-4 letters: deactivated, deactivates, deglaciated, gesticulate, vesiculated.

-5 letters: acidulated, acidulates, aestivated, algaecides, castigated, cultivated, cultivates, deactivate, devaluated, devaluates, devastated, elucidated, elucidates, vesiculate.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Crosswords
2. Usage: Commercial
3. Quotations: Non-fiction
4. Expressions: Internet
5. Translations: Modern
6. Anagrams
7. Bibliography


  

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