Operational optimisation of pilot scale biological nutrient removal at the Ciudad Real (Spain) domestic wastewater treatment plant

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 152, Issue 1-4, 2004, Pages 279-296

  Rodríguez Mayor, Lourdes ^a   Villaseñor Camacho, José ^a   Fernández Morales, Francisco Jesus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Activated sludge; Biological nutrient removal; Optimisation; Variables study; VIP process

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; FATTY ACIDS; OPTIMIZATION; SEWAGE SLUDGE;

BIOLOGICAL NUTRIENTS; VOLATILE FATTY ACIDS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

NITRATE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; VOLATILE FATTY ACID;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; DENITRIFICATION; OPTIMIZATION; PILOT PLANT; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT;

AGE; ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIODEGRADABILITY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMESTIC WASTE; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; SLUDGE; SLUDGE TREATMENT; SPAIN; SUPERNATANT; WASTE WATER RECYCLING;

GADUS MORHUA;

EID: 1542346359     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:WATE.0000015366.39480.b1     Document Type: Article

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