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. 2011 Jul 9;93(3):1281–1294. doi: 10.1007/s00253-011-3428-7

Table 3.

Average values of total suspended solids (TSS), volatile suspended solids (VSS), sludge retention time (SRT), and sludge volume index (SVI) in different operational phases of SBR1 and SBR2

Operational phases SBR1 SBR2
I II III IV V I III V
TSSreactor (g/L) 2.9 2.5 2.3 1.9 1.8 2.6 1.8 1.6
VSSreactor (g/L) 2.4 2.0 1.8 1.1 1.1 2.1 1.0 0.7
SRT 85 68 55 36 34 85 28 27
SVI (mL/g) 110 91 80 70 70 110 68 60