@ARTICLE{Liwarska--Bizukojc_Ewa_Biodegradation_2006,
 author={Liwarska--Bizukojc, Ewa and Bizukojc, Marcin},
 volume={vol. 32},
 number={No 1},
 pages={33-41},
 journal={Archives of Environmental Protection},
 howpublished={online},
 year={2006},
 publisher={Polish Academy of Sciences},
 abstract={Surfactants can interfere with the biological wastewater treatment processes. They contribute to the changes in activated sludge floes structure. In order to quantify the influence of surfactants on sludge floes morphology the series of experiments in the flow continuous system were conducted. Sodium dodccyl sulphate, which belongs to the most ubiquitous anionic surfactant in everyday use, was selected to be the object of investigations. The results of its biodegradation in continuous flow system at influent concentration of 250 mg -dm' are presented. It turned out that SDS diminished the mean projected area of floes from 50 OOO to 15 OOO μm' with the increase of dilution rate from 0.029 to 0.192 h·1• At the same time the obtained data confirmed that there was a correlation between the morphological parameters of floes and other biomass indicators. The linear relation between mean projected area of floes and volatile suspended solids was found.},
 type={Article},
 title={Biodegradation of Sodium Dodecyl Sulphate (SDS) by Activated Sludge in the Flow System},
 URL={http://journals.pan.pl/Content/123315/PDF/5_AE_VOL_32_1_2006_Liwarska_Bizukojc_Biodegradation.pdf},
 keywords={activated sludge floes, biodegradation, image analysis, sodium dodecyl sulphate},
}