Effect of primary sludge fermentation products on mass balance for biological treatment

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 51, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 105-114

  Ubay Cokgor, E ^a   Oktay, S ^a   Zengin, G E ^a   Artan, N ^a   Orhon, D ^a  

^a ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Activated sludge; COD fractionation; Fermentation products; Nutrient removal; Primary settling; Process stoichiometry; Readily biodegradable COD; Settleable COD

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; CARBON; DENITRIFICATION; FATTY ACIDS; FERMENTATION; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; SEWAGE SLUDGE; STOICHIOMETRY; SUBSTRATES; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; COD FRACTIONATION; FERMENTATION PRODUCTS; NUTRIENT REMOVAL; READILY BIODEGRADABLE COD; SETTLEABLE COD;

BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT;

ACETIC ACID; BUTYRIC ACID; CARBON; NITROGEN; ORGANIC CARBON; OXYGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PROPIONIC ACID; VALERIC ACID; VOLATILE FATTY ACID; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT; FERMENTATION; SLUDGE; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; BATCH FERMENTATION; BIODEGRADABILITY; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CARBON SOURCE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DENITRIFICATION; EFFLUENT; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FERMENTATION TECHNIQUE; FRACTIONATION; LABORATORY TEST; NUTRIENT; PROCESS TECHNOLOGY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SLUDGE TREATMENT; SOLUBILITY; SUPERNATANT; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL;

EID: 23844550329     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2005.0396     Document Type: Article

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