Total organic carbon as a predictor of biological wastewater treatment efficiency and kinetic reaction rates

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 119-126

  Wilson, Francis ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Biological; BOD; COD; Contactor; Correlation; Disk; Kinetics; Order; Pickle; RBC; Reaction; Rotating; TOC; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIOREACTORS; CARBON; CORRELATION METHODS; REACTION KINETICS;

ROTATING BIOLOGICAL CONTACTORS (RBCS); TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON (TOC);

BIOLOGICAL SEWAGE TREATMENT;

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORRELATION FUNCTION; KINETICS; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0030857502     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1223(97)00158-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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