Economic implications of fine-pore diffuser-aging

Water Environment Research

Volumn 78, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 810-815

  Rosso, Diego ^c   Stenstrom, Michael K ^a,b  

^a Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Aeration; Economics; Fine pore; Fouling; Oxygen transfer

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; COSTS; DIFFUSERS (FLUID); FOULING; SEWAGE AERATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

FINE PORES; OPERATING COST; OXYGEN TRANSFER;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; COSTS; DIFFUSERS (FLUID); FOULING; SEWAGE AERATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

BIOREMEDIATION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIFFUSION; WASTE TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT;

AERATION; ARTICLE; COST; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DIFFUSION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FINE PORE DIFFUSER; INSTRUMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 33645130926     PISSN: 10614303     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2175/106143006X101683     Document Type: Article

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