A novel process for organic acids and nutrient recovery from municipal wastewater sludge

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 53, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 101-109

  Ahn, Y H ^a   Speece, R E ^b  

^a Yeungnam University   (South Korea)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acid elutriation; Crystallisation; Fermenter; Municipal sludge; Resources recovery; Waste lime

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CRYSTALLIZATION; ESTIMATION; FERMENTERS; HYDROLYSIS; PH EFFECTS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ACID ELUTRIATION; MUNICIPAL SLUDGE; RESOURCES RECOVERY; WASTE LIME;

SEWAGE SLUDGE;

CALCIUM; CALCIUM OXIDE; CARBOXYLIC ACID; CATION; MAGNESIUM;

CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CRYSTALLIZATION; ESTIMATION; FERMENTERS; HYDROLYSIS; PH EFFECTS; SEWAGE SLUDGE; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

CRYSTALLIZATION; FERMENTATION; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; SLUDGE; WASTEWATER;

ALKALINITY; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONFERENCE PAPER; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CRYSTALLIZATION; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FERMENTATION TECHNIQUE; HYDROLYSIS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT CONTENT; PH; SLUDGE; SLUDGE BLANKET REACTOR; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION;

ACIDS; FERMENTATION; FERTILIZERS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; SEASONS; SEWAGE; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 33746487421     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2006.411     Document Type: Conference Paper

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