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Appl Environ Microbiol. 1964 May; 12(3): 254-260
Copyright © 1964 American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Use of Chemical Oxygen Demand Values of Bacterial Cells in Waste-Water Purification

Bio-Engineering Laboratories, School of Civil Engineering, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma

ABSTRACT

Four methods for determining substrate recoveries in studies concerned with the partition of substrate between sludge synthesis and respiration were investigated. An energy balance comparing chemical oxygen demand (COD) removed with the summation of oxygen uptake and the COD of the cells produced yielded average recoveries closer to 100% than any of the other three methods tested. The standard COD test was shown to yield highly reproducible values when used to determine the COD of activated sludge. Although the protein and carbohydrate content of the cells varied with cell age, a concomitant variation in cell COD was not noted.