Removal of butterfat COD and BOD5 in inoculated sand columns

Applied Engineering in Agriculture

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 287-291

  Liu, Q ^a   Mancl, K M ^a,b   Tuovinen, O H ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ASAE   (United States)

Author keywords

ATP; Butterfat; COD; Microorganisms; Sand filter; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIODEGRADATION; BIOFILMS; BIOMASS; COMPOSITION EFFECTS; DETERGENTS; FILTERS (FOR FLUIDS); MICROORGANISMS; OILS AND FATS; SAND; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

SAND FILTERS;

BIOLOGICAL SEWAGE TREATMENT;

EID: 0032069184     PISSN: 08838542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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