Potential of a combination of UASB and DHS reactor as a novel sewage treatment system for developing countries: Long-term evaluation

Journal of Environmental Engineering

Volumn 132, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 166-172

  Tandukar, Madan ^a   Machdar, Izarul ^a   Uemura, Shigeki ^b   Ohashi, Akiyoshi ^a   Harada, Hideki ^a  

^a NAGAOKA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b KISARAZU NATIONAL COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aerobic treatment; Anaerobic treatment; Developing countries; Sewage; Waste treatment

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EFFLUENTS; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN REMOVAL; SEWAGE SLUDGE; SEWAGE TREATMENT;

AEROBIC TREATMENT; ANAEROBIC TREATMENT; DOWN-FLOW HANGING SPONGE (DHS); FOURFOLD ORGANIC SHOCK LOAD; HYDRAULIC SHOCK LOAD; UNFILTERED-CHEMICAL OXYGEN; UPFLOW ANAEROBIC SLUDGE BLANKET (UASB);

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

SEWAGE TREATMENT; UASB REACTOR;

EID: 31144449763     PISSN: 07339372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9372(2006)132:2(166)     Document Type: Article

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