Mass balance-based plant-wide wastewater treatment plant models - Part 1: Biodegradability of wastewater organics under anaerobic conditions

Water SA

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 269-275

  Wentzel, M C ^a   Ekama, G A ^a   Sotemann S W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Anaerobic digestion; Biodegradability; Model validation; Primary settling tank; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; BIODEGRADATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OXYGEN;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE (AS) SYSTEMS; BIODEGRADABILITY; MODEL VALIDATION; PRIMARY SETTLING TANKS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; BIODEGRADATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OXYGEN; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIODEGRADATION; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; MASS BALANCE; NITROGEN COMPOUND; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLLUTION CONTROL; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 33746037583     PISSN: 03784738     EISSN: 03784738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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