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    ANAEROBIC - ANOXIC - AEROBIC (AAO)

    AAO (Anaerobic – Anoxic – Oxic). AAO technology is a biological treatment process that continuously applies many different microorganisms: Anaerobic, Anaerobic, and Aerobic microorganisms to treat waste. Under the effect of decomposing pollutants by microorganisms, the pollutants are treated before being discharged into the environment.

    1. Operating principle

    • Wastewater treatment by microorganisms stick on suspended solids like CAS. However AAO or AO process is more comprehensive and improve many shortcomings of CAS process 
    • Process reaction is aerobic microorganisms (tank aeroten)
    • Key bio reaction processes include: anaerobic, annoxi and aerobic

    2. Advantages

    • Cheap investment cost because the system's cost mainly include construction cost, some key equipment such as aeration, pump, mixer. No advanced technology is applied.
    • Produce less surplus sludge compared to CAS because anaerobic and anoxic microorganisms help to treat BOD more comprehensively
    • Outlet water quality can meet B or A standard, depend on the size of tanks
    • Consume less power compared to CAS

    3. Disadvantages

    • Outlet water quality depends on sedimentation ability of activated sludge and size of tanks. If want good outlet water quality and less fluctuation of quality, will require huge land/ space to build up system
    • Concentration of activated sludge in CAS system normally remains in the range from 3-5g/L, so that sludge can settle down, If Concentration is higher, sludge can over flow or turbility of outlet water may increase
    • Outlet water quality maybe not stable, because sedimentation of sludge depends on many factors such as temperature, MLSS concentration, organic load and hydraulic load of inlet waste water, etc
    • Footprint required is still large
    • Require disinfection chemicals

    4. Common design

     If your business is interested in solution to inlet water treatment, or has a demand for ion exchange materials, please contact NGO via phone number (024) 3566 8225 or email office@8ngo.com for direct consultation.

    Source: NGO