Filamentous bulking sludge - A critical review

Water Research

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 793-817

  Martins, António M P ^a,b   Pagilla, Krishna ^c   Heijnen, Joseph J ^a   Van Loosdrecht, Mark C M ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b Environmental Technologies Centre   (Portugal)

^c Perlstein Hall   (United States)

Author keywords

Filamentous bulking sludge; General theories; Morphology; Physiology; Selector design guidelines; Substrate kinetics and storage

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; BACTERIA; ENGINEERING RESEARCH; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

BIOLOGICAL SELECTORS; BULKING SLUDGE;

SEWAGE SLUDGE;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BIOREACTOR; CHLORINATION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SLUDGE; SLUDGE TREATMENT; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0842346899     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2003.11.005     Document Type: Review

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