Treatment of a polluted stream by a fixed-bed biofilm reactor with sludge discharger and backwashing system

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 265-271

  Park, Y S ^a   Moon, J H ^b   Kim, D S ^c   Ahn, K H ^d  

^a Daegu University   (South Korea)

^b Seobong Recycling Co Ltd   (South Korea)

^c Catholic University of Daegu   (South Korea)

^d Catholic University of Pusan   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Backwashing; Ceramic media; Fixed bed biofilm reactor; Polluted stream; Sludge discharger

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIOFILMS; CHEMICAL REACTORS; EFFLUENTS; SEWAGE SLUDGE; STREAM FLOW; WATER QUALITY;

FIXED-BED BIOFILM REACTORS; SLUDGE DISCHARGERS; TOTAL SUSPENDED SOLIDS (TSS);

WATER POLLUTION;

BIOFILM; FIXED BED; POLLUTION; SLUDGE; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 2442543458     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2004.01.025     Document Type: Article

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