Decentralised treatment of concentrated sewage at low temperature in a two-step anaerobic system: Two upflow-hybrid septic tanks

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 219-226

  Elmitwalli, T A ^a   Sayed, S ^b   Groendijk, L ^b   Van Lier, J ^c   Zeeman, G ^c   Lettinga, G ^c  

^a Benha High Institute of Technology   (Egypt)

^b VAN HALL LARENSTEIN UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

ADM1; Anaerobic digestion; Decentralised treatment; Domestic sewage; Septic tank; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; HYDROLYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEPTIC TANKS;

ANAEROBIC SYSTEMS;

SEWAGE TREATMENT;

OXYGEN; POLYURETHAN FOAM;

ANAEROBIC PROCESS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; SEWAGE; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ANAEROBIC REACTOR; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; COLLOID; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSOLUTION; DOMESTIC WASTE; EXPERIMENT; EXPERIMENTATION; LOW TEMPERATURE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PREDICTION; PROCESS DESIGN; SANITATION; SEPTIC TANK; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SUSPENSION; UPFLOW REACTOR; WASTE WATER;

EID: 0242467970     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2003.0404     Document Type: Conference Paper

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