Experimental determination of the heterotroph anoxic yield in anoxic-aerobic activated sludge systems treating municipal wastewater

Water SA

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 555-560

  Muller, A W ^a   Wentzel, M C ^a   Ekama, G A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; BIODEGRADATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MUNICIPAL ENGINEERING; NITRATES; OXYGEN; THERMODYNAMICS; WASTEWATER;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE MODELS; AEROBIC CONDITIONS; ORDINARY HETEROTROPH ORGANISMS (OHO); SLUDGE SYSTEMS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

EID: 11944267406     PISSN: 03784738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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