A low-cost municipal sewage treatment system with a combination of UASB and the "fourth-generation" downflow hanging sponge reactors

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 52, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 323-329

  Tandukar, M ^a   Uemura, S ^b   Machdar, I ^a   Ohashi, A ^a   Harada, H ^a  

^a NAGAOKA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b KISARAZU NATIONAL COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aerobic post treatment; Downflow hanging sponge reactor; Sewage treatment; UASB reactor

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; CHEMICAL REACTORS; COLIFORM BACTERIA; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

AEROBIC POST TREATMENT; DOWNFLOW HANGING SPONGE REACTOR; UPFLOW ANAEROBIC SLUDGE BLANKET (UASB) REACTOR;

SEWAGE TREATMENT;

OXYGEN;

SLUDGE; UASB REACTOR; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISSOLUTION; EFFLUENT; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; NUTRIENT; SEWAGE TREATMENT; UPFLOW REACTOR; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 25144511350     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2005.0534     Document Type: Article

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