Influence of hydraulic loading rate on UASB reactor treating phenolic wastewater

Journal of Environmental Engineering

Volumn 124, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 829-837

  Lay, Jiunn Jyi ^a,b   Cheng, Sheng Shung ^b  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC REACTOR; BIOREACTOR; SLUDGE BLANKET REACTOR; WASTE WATER TREATMENT;

HYDRAULIC PERFORMANCE; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 0032410808     PISSN: 07339372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9372(1998)124:9(829)     Document Type: Article

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