Assessing the feasibility of achieving biological nutrient removal from wastewater at an Irish food processing factory

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 207-214

  Mulkerrins, Donal ^a   O'Connor, Eamon ^b   Lawlee, Bernadette ^b   Barton, Pat ^b   Dobson, Alan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b Kerry Ingredients and Flavours   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaerobic anoxic oxic (A A O) reactors; Biological phosphate removal; Dairy wastewater; Denitrification; Hydraulic retention time; Nitrification; Recycle flowrates; Seasonal performance

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMICAL REACTORS; DENITRIFICATION; FOOD PROCESSING; PHOSPHORUS;

HYDRAULIC RETENTION TIMES;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

AMMONIA; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT; DENITRIFICATION; FOOD PROCESSING; NITRIFICATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; BIOREACTOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENITRIFICATION; EXPERIMENT; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FOOD INDUSTRY; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; IRELAND; NITRIFICATION; NUTRIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTOR; RECYCLING; SEASON; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

PUFFINUS AURICULARIS;

EID: 0142164929     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-8524(03)00173-1     Document Type: Article

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