Effect of HRT, SRT and temperature on the performance of activated sludge reactors treating bleached kraft mill effluent

Water Research

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 799-810

  Barr, Tanya A ^a   Taylor, Jeanne M ^b   Duff, Sheldon J B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Western Pulp Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

Activated sludge; High temperature; Kraft effluent treatment; Pulp and paper

Indexed keywords

BIOREACTORS; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; HIGH TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; KRAFT PULP; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE REACTORS; BLEACHED KRAFT MILL EFFLUENT; HYDRAULIC RETENTION TIME; SOLID RESIDENCE TIME; SPECIFIC OXYGEN UPTAKE RATES;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIOREACTOR; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; EFFLUENT; EFFLUENT TOXICITY; HEAT SHOCK; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULP MILL; STEADY STATE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

UNIDENTIFIED AGENTS;

EID: 0030130632     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0043-1354(95)00218-9     Document Type: Article

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