The innovative moving bed biofilm reactor/solids contact reaeration process for secondary treatment of municipal wastewater

Water Environment Research

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1083-1089

  Rusten, Bjørn ^a   McCoy, Mike ^b   Proctor, Robert ^b   Siljudalen, Jon G ^c  

^a PO Box 6875 Rodelokka   (Norway)

^b Anglian Water Intl Pty Ltd   (Australia)

^c Kaldnes Miljøteknologi A S   (Norway)

Author keywords

Moving bed biofilm reactor; Municipal wastewater; Secondary treatment; Solids contact

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIOFILMS; BIOREACTORS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; EFFLUENTS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

MEAN CELL RESIDENCE TIME; MOVING BED BIOFILM REACTOR SOLIDS CONTACT REAERATION PROCESS; SECONDARY TREATMENT;

SEWAGE AERATION;

BIOFILM; WASTEWATER;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AERATION; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIOFILM; EFFLUENT; FLUIDIZED BED; MEAN RESIDENCE TIME; NEW ZEALAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTOR; SOLID WASTE; TRICKLING FILTER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

EID: 0032127607     PISSN: 10614303     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2175/106143098X123435     Document Type: Article

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