Reducing the size of a nitrogen removal activated sludge plant by shortening the retention time of inert solids via sludge storage

Water Research

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 539-549

  Yuan, Zhiguo ^a,b   Bogaert, Herwig ^c   Leten, James ^b   Verstraete, Willy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c Aquafin Belgium   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Activated sludge; Inhibition; Nitrification; Nitrogen removal; Peak loads; Plant design; Sludge storage; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; BIOMASS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN REMOVAL; TOXICITY;

INERT SOLIDS; INHIBITIONS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

NITROGEN;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; DESIGN; NITROGEN; REMOVAL; TREATMENT PLANT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; BIOREACTOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENT; INDUSTRY; MODEL; NITRIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLUDGE; SOLID; STORAGE; THEORY; TIME; TOXICITY;

EID: 0034142532     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1354(99)00177-3     Document Type: Article

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