Prediction of the effect of recirculation on the effluent quality of anaerobic filters by empirical models

Water Environment Research

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 217-224

  Yu, Hanqing ^b   Wilson, Francis ^a   Tay, Joo Hwa ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Anaerobic filter; Domestic wastewater; Effluent chemical oxygen demand; Hydraulic retention time; Linear regression; Model; Recirculation; Soybean wastewater

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL OPERATIONS; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; FILTERS (FOR FLUIDS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ANAEROBIC FILTERS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

AGRICULTURAL APPLICATION; FILTRATION; MUNICIPAL WASTE; PREDICTION; RECIRCULATION;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EFFLUENT; FILTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

GADUS MORHUA; GLYCINE MAX;

EID: 0034109556     PISSN: 10614303     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2175/106143000X137374     Document Type: Article

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