Analysis of organic removal rates in the aerated submerged fixed film process

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 38, Issue 8-9 -9 pt 7, 1998, Pages 213-221

  Hamoda, Mohamed F ^a   Al Ghusain, Ibrahim A ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Fixed film bioreactors; Loading rates; Organic removal; Process kinetics; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

BIOFILMS; BIOMASS; BIOREACTORS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OXIDATION; RATE CONSTANTS; STATISTICAL METHODS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

AERATED SUBMERGED FIXED FILM (ASFF) PROCESS; BIOOXIDATION;

BIOLOGICAL SEWAGE TREATMENT;

ORGANIC COMPOUND;

FILM; REMOVAL; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

AERATION; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIOFILM; BIOMASS; BIOREACTOR; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONFERENCE PAPER; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0031763736     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1223(98)00695-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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