title: Biodegradability of wastewater--a method for COD-fractionation.
abstract: Characterization of wastewater for simulation of in-sewer transformations can be carried out by interpretation of oxygen uptake rate measurements in combination with a conceptual model of the microbial transformations involved. This interpretation can be done by iterative procedures by solving the differential equations constituting the model or by the application of a more "manual" method--the latter being the topic of this paper. Examples where different wastewaters are characterized illustrate the method.
authors.affiliation: Environmental Engineering Laboratory, Aalborg University, Denmark.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Vollertsen
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hvitved-Jacobsen
mesh_terms: D001673:Biodegradation, Environmental; D004784:Environmental Monitoring; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D010100:Oxygen / Q000737:chemistry*; D014865:Waste Disposal, Fluid / Q000379:methods*; D014871:Water Microbiology; D018508:Water Purification
chemical_list: D010100:Oxygen