Ken Hartley, B.Tech, M.Eng.Sc Fellow, Institution of Engineers, Australia Member Australian Water Association Member International Water Association Ken Hartley has 45 years experience in the water and wastewater industry. He has worked for the South Australian water and wastewater authority, consultants GHD and the University of Queensland. Since 1998 he has been an independent consulting process engineer.

• Table of Contents: What is Tuning? Influent and Effluent Characteristics, Flow Characteristics, Mass Loading Characteristics,  Sewer Transformations, Effect of Primary Treatment, Effluent Characteristics; Biological Nutrient Removal - Process Fundamentals, The Basic Process, Kinetics of Biological Processes, Solids Retention Time, Carbon Removal, Nitrogen Removal, Phosphorus Removal, Supplementary Chemical Dosing, Alkalinity and pH, Rules of Thumb; Sludge Settleability, Characterising Settleability, Settling Rates, Factors Affecting Settleability, Effect of SVI on Effluent Quality; BNR Flowsheets; Reactors, Mixing, Aeration, Compartmentalised Reactors, Oxidation Ditches, Membrane Bioreactors, Sequencing Batch Reactors; Secondary Clarifiers, Description, Mass Balances, Operating Diagrams, Effluent Quality, Clarifier Stress Testing; Sludge Processes, Overview, Aerobic Digestion, Sludge Dewatering; Plant Characteristics, Mass Balances, Operational Process Capacity, Capacity Envelopes, Energy Consumption, Automatic Control; Evolutionary Operation, Learning, Application to Sewage Treatment Plants, Long-Term Improvement, EVOP Procedures, Faux-EVOP; A Note on the Statistics of Variability; Chemicals: Useful Properties; Abbreviations

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Ken Hartley, B.Tech, M.Eng.Sc Fellow, Institution of Engineers, Australia Member Australian Water Association Member International Water Association Ken Hartley has 45 years experience in the water and wastewater industry. He has worked for the South Australian water and wastewater authority, consultants GHD and the University of Queensland. Since 1998 he has been an independent consulting process engineer.

• Table of Contents: What is Tuning? Influent and Effluent Characteristics, Flow Characteristics, Mass Loading Characteristics,  Sewer Transformations, Effect of Primary Treatment, Effluent Characteristics; Biological Nutrient Removal - Process Fundamentals, The Basic Process, Kinetics of Biological Processes, Solids Retention Time, Carbon Removal, Nitrogen Removal, Phosphorus Removal, Supplementary Chemical Dosing, Alkalinity and pH, Rules of Thumb; Sludge Settleability, Characterising Settleability, Settling Rates, Factors Affecting Settleability, Effect of SVI on Effluent Quality; BNR Flowsheets; Reactors, Mixing, Aeration, Compartmentalised Reactors, Oxidation Ditches, Membrane Bioreactors, Sequencing Batch Reactors; Secondary Clarifiers, Description, Mass Balances, Operating Diagrams, Effluent Quality, Clarifier Stress Testing; Sludge Processes, Overview, Aerobic Digestion, Sludge Dewatering; Plant Characteristics, Mass Balances, Operational Process Capacity, Capacity Envelopes, Energy Consumption, Automatic Control; Evolutionary Operation, Learning, Application to Sewage Treatment Plants, Long-Term Improvement, EVOP Procedures, Faux-EVOP; A Note on the Statistics of Variability; Chemicals: Useful Properties; Abbreviations

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Ken Hartley, B.Tech, M.Eng.Sc Fellow, Institution of Engineers, Australia Member Australian Water Association Member International Water Association Ken Hartley has 45 years experience in the water and wastewater industry. He has worked for the South Australian water and wastewater authority, consultants GHD and the University of Queensland. Since 1998 he has been an independent consulting process engineer.

• Table of Contents: What is Tuning? Influent and Effluent Characteristics, Flow Characteristics, Mass Loading Characteristics,  Sewer Transformations, Effect of Primary Treatment, Effluent Characteristics; Biological Nutrient Removal - Process Fundamentals, The Basic Process, Kinetics of Biological Processes, Solids Retention Time, Carbon Removal, Nitrogen Removal, Phosphorus Removal, Supplementary Chemical Dosing, Alkalinity and pH, Rules of Thumb; Sludge Settleability, Characterising Settleability, Settling Rates, Factors Affecting Settleability, Effect of SVI on Effluent Quality; BNR Flowsheets; Reactors, Mixing, Aeration, Compartmentalised Reactors, Oxidation Ditches, Membrane Bioreactors, Sequencing Batch Reactors; Secondary Clarifiers, Description, Mass Balances, Operating Diagrams, Effluent Quality, Clarifier Stress Testing; Sludge Processes, Overview, Aerobic Digestion, Sludge Dewatering; Plant Characteristics, Mass Balances, Operational Process Capacity, Capacity Envelopes, Energy Consumption, Automatic Control; Evolutionary Operation, Learning, Application to Sewage Treatment Plants, Long-Term Improvement, EVOP Procedures, Faux-EVOP; A Note on the Statistics of Variability; Chemicals: Useful Properties; Abbreviations

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