The effect of maintenance energy requirements on biomass production during wastewater treatment

Water Research

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 847-853

  Low, Euan W ^a   Chase, Howard A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Activated sludge; Biomass production; Maintenance energy requirements; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; BIOMASS; CHEMOSTATS; SUBSTRATES;

MAINTENANCE ENERGY COEFFICIENTS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

BIOMASS; ENERGY; MAINTENANCE; WASTEWATER;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIODEGRADATION; BIOMASS; CHEMOSTAT; EFFLUENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; REACTOR; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

EID: 0033081359     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1354(98)00252-8     Document Type: Article

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