Role of supplemental aeration in improving overloaded first-stage RBC performance

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 98, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 1-15

  Surampalli, Rao Y ^a   Baumann, E Robert ^b  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b Iowa State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Dissolved oxygen; First stage; Performance; Removal rate; Rotating biological contactor (RBC); Supplemental aeration

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; BIOMASS; OXYGEN; PH; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

ROTATING BIOLOGICAL CONTACTOR (RBC);

WATER AERATION;

AERATION; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAIRY INDUSTRY; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PH; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

BEGGIATOA;

EID: 0031214575     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02128647     Document Type: Article

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