| Scope and method of study. The scope of the study is to design a degradation model for diazinon, a commonly used pesticide which is cause of concern in the treatment plants. It is to be done by designing an activated sludge model in Microsoft excel and by integrating the degradation of diazinon with it. The model will be designed to be user friendly.; Findings and conclusions. The activated sludge model that has been designed has been validated by theoretical data. From the literature reviews, it is evident that the degradation kinetics of diazinon follows either first or pseudo first order kinetics. |
