Making classifying selectors work for foam elimination in the activated-sludge process

Water Environment Research

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 83-91

  Parker, Denny ^a   Geary, Steve ^b   Jones, Garr ^a   McIntyre, Lori ^a   Oppenheim, Stuart ^a   Pedregon, Vick ^c   Pope, Rod ^a   Richards, Tyler ^b   Voigt, Christine ^d   Volpe, Gary ^a   Willis, John ^a   Witzgall, Robert ^a  

^a BROWN AND CALDWELL   (United States)

^b El Paso Water Utilities ^*

^c El Paso Water Utilities   (United States)

^d Metropolitan Council Environmental Services   (United States)

Author keywords

Activated sludge; Classifying selector; Foam; Nocardia; Secondary clarifier

Indexed keywords

CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); FOAMS; SEWAGE AERATION; WEIRS;

ACTIVATED-SLUDGE PROCESS; AERATION TANKS; FLOTATION TANKS; FOAM-CAUSING ORGANISMS;

SEWAGE SLUDGE;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AERATION; CLARIFIER; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AERATION; ARTICLE; FLOTATION; FOAM; LIQUID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; SOUTH AFRICA; TANK; UNITED STATES; BIOREACTOR; CHEMISTRY; MICROBIOLOGY; NOCARDIA; SEWAGE; WATER MANAGEMENT;

NOCARDIA;

SURFACTANT;

BIOREACTORS; NOCARDIA; SEWAGE; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 0038721065     PISSN: 10614303     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2175/106143003X140863     Document Type: Article

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