Characterization and treatability of aerobic bacterial thermophilically treated wastewater by a conventional activated sludge and granular activated carbon

Water Research

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 677-687

  Quesnel, David ^a   Nakhla, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Activated sludge; Granular activated carbon; Industrial wastewater; Thermophilic

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; ACTIVATED CARBON; CHARACTERIZATION; CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SEWAGE SLUDGE; WATER BACTERIOLOGY;

CONVENTIONAL ACTIVATED SLUDGE (CAS); DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON (DOC); GRANULAR ACTIVATED CARBON (GAC); THERMOPHILIC BACTERIAL CONSORTIUM (THE);

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

4 METHYL 2 PENTANONE; ACETONE; ACTIVATED CARBON; ORGANIC CARBON; TOLUENE;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; ORGANIC CARBON; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DISSOLUTION; EFFLUENT; EVALUATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTANT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 13544272777     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2004.11.010     Document Type: Article

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