Density and activity characterization of activated sludge flocs

Journal of Environmental Engineering

Volumn 132, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1235-1242

  Sears, Keith ^a   Alleman, J E ^b   Barnard, J L ^c   Oleszkiewicz, J A ^d  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BLACK AND VEATCH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Activated sludge; Aggregates; Biomass; Density; Effluents

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; DEGRADATION; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); EFFLUENTS; FLOCCULATION; WASTE LIQUOR UTILIZATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE FLOC; MIXED LIQUOR; RETENTION TIME; SETTLING FLOCS;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; BIOMASS; DEGRADATION; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); EFFLUENTS; FLOCCULATION; WASTE LIQUOR UTILIZATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BIOMASS; EFFLUENT; FLOCCULATION; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

EID: 33748787714     PISSN: 07339372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9372(2006)132:10(1235)     Document Type: Article

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