Milestones in the development of the activated-sludge process over the past eighty years (abridged)

Water and Environment Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 303-313

  Cooper, P F ^a   Downing, A L ^b  

^a Water Research Centre   (United Kingdom)

^b Water Pollution Research Laboratory   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Activated sludge; Biological phosphorus removal; Denitrification; Milestones; Modelling; Nitrification; Process configurations

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIOFILTER; COMPUTER MODEL; CONFERENCE PAPER; DENITRIFICATION; HISTORY; NITRIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; SYMPOSIUM;

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DENITRIFICATION; NITRIFICATION; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS;

BIOLOGICAL FILTER; BIOLOGICAL PHOSPHORUS REMOVAL; PROCESS CONFIGURATIONS;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS;

EID: 1542500228     PISSN: 17476585     EISSN: 17476593     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-6593.1998.tb00191.x     Document Type: Article

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