Removal of carbon and nutrients from domestic wastewater using a low investment, integrated treatment concept

Water Research

Volumn 38, Issue 13, 2004, Pages 3031-3042

  Aiyuk, Sunny ^a   Amoako, Joyce ^a   Raskin, Lutgarde ^b   Van Haandel, Adrianus ^c   Verstraete, Willy ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINA GRANDE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anaerobic treatment; CEPT pretreatment; Domestic wastewater; LIST< abs>; UASB; Zeolite

Indexed keywords

BIOREACTORS; CARBON; HYDRAULICS; IRON COMPOUNDS; SEWAGE TREATMENT;

BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT; COAGULANTS; VOLUMETRIC LOADING RATES;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

AMMONIA; CARBON; FERRIC CHLORIDE; PHOSPHATE; ZEOLITE;

ANAEROBIC PROCESS; BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT; CARBON; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; NUTRIENT; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SLUDGE BLANKET CLARIFIER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; COST; DOMESTIC WASTE; EFFLUENT; NUTRIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TIME; UPFLOW REACTOR; VOLUMETRY; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 3142658732     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2004.04.040     Document Type: Article

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