Upflow Anaerobic Sludge Blanket Reactor - A Review

Indian Journal of Environmental Health

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 1-83

  Bal, A S ^a   Dhagat, N N ^a  

^a NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; BIOREACTOR; CHEMISTRY; CONSTRUCTION WORK AND ARCHITECTURAL PHENOMENA; FILTRATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SEWAGE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; BIOREACTORS; FACILITY DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; FILTRATION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SEWAGE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

EID: 0035323038     PISSN: 0367827X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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