Procedure to quantify biofilm activity on carriers used in wastewater treatment systems

Journal of Environmental Engineering

Volumn 132, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1422-1430

  Bolton, James ^a   Tummala, Archana ^b   Kapadia, Chirag ^b   Dandamudi, Manoj ^b   Belovich, Joanne M ^b  

^a Kinetico Inc   (United States)

^b Cleveland State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodegradation; Biofilm; Kinetics; Reactors; Wastewater management; Water treatment

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; BIOFILMS; BIOREACTORS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; GLUCOSE; REMOVAL;

GLUCOSE CONSUMPTION RATE; INDUSTRIAL-SCALE FLUIDIZED BIOREACTORS; WASTEWATER MANAGEMENT;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

BIODEGRADATION; BIOFILMS; BIOREACTORS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; GLUCOSE; REMOVAL; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

BIODEGRADATION; BIOFILM; GLUCOSE; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 33750150777     PISSN: 07339372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9372(2006)132:11(1422)     Document Type: Article

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