Optimisation of primary sludge acidogenic fermentation for biological nutrient removal

Water SA

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 35-41

  Banister, S S ^a,b   Pretorius, W A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b MARINE AND COASTAL MANAGEMENT   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL SEWAGE TREATMENT; EFFLUENTS; FATTY ACIDS; FERMENTATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

BIOLOGICAL NUTRIENT REMOVAL; SLUDGE ACIDOGENIC FERMENTATION; VOLATILE FATTY ACID;

SEWAGE SLUDGE;

FATTY ACID; FERMENTATION; NUTRIENT; REMOVAL; WASTE WATER;

EID: 0031932402     PISSN: 03784738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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