Coupled BAS and anoxic USB system to remove urea and formaldehyde from wastewater

Water Research

Volumn 37, Issue 14, 2003, Pages 3445-3451

  Campos, J L ^a   Sanchez M ^a   Mosquera Corral, A ^a   Mendez R ^a   Lema, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anoxic upflow sludge blanket (USB); Biofilm airlift suspension reactor; Formaldehyde; Hydrolysis; Nitrification; Urea

Indexed keywords

BIOFILMS; BIOMASS; CHEMICAL REACTORS; FORMALDEHYDE; HYDROLYSIS; NITRIFICATION; RECYCLING; SEWAGE SLUDGE; UREA;

UPFLOW SLUDGE BLANKET (USB) REACTORS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

FORMALDEHYDE; NITROGEN; UREA;

AIRLIFT REACTOR; BIOFILM; BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT; FORMALDEHYDE; UREA; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

AIRLIFT REACTOR; ARTICLE; BIOFILM; BIOMASS; DENITRIFICATION; HETEROTROPHY; HYDROLYSIS; NITRIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLUDGE TREATMENT; UPFLOW REACTOR; WASTE WATER;

EID: 0038310131     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1354(03)00011-3     Document Type: Article

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