Treatment of dilute soluble and colloidal wastewater using an anaerobic baffled reactor: Influence of hydraulic retention time

Water Research

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1307-1317

  Langenhoff, Alette A M ^a   Intrachandra, Narisara ^a   Stuckey, David C ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anaerobic wastewater treatment; Colloidal; Low hydraulic retention time; Low strength feed; Soluble

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; BIODEGRADATION; BIOMASS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMICAL REACTORS; COLLOIDS; COMPOSITION; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROLYSIS; SOLUBILITY; WASTEWATER;

ANAEROBIC BAFFLED REACTOR; COLLOIDAL WASTEWATER; DILUTE SOLUBLE; HYDRAULIC RETENTION TIME; RESIDENCE TIME DISTRIBUTION; SOLUBLE MICROBIAL PRODUCTS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ANAEROBIC PROCESS; BIOREMEDIATION; REMEDIATION; WASTEWATER;

ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; COLLOID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0034159959     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1354(99)00236-5     Document Type: Article

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