A new reactor concept for sludge reduction using aquatic worms

Water Research

Volumn 40, Issue 20, 2006, Pages 3713-3718

  Elissen, Hellen J H ^a,b   Hendrickx, Tim L G ^a,b   Temmink, Hardy ^a,b   Buisman, Cees J N ^a,b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b EUROPEAN CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE FOR SUSTAINABLE WATER TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Activated sludge reduction; Aquatic worms; Lumbriculus variegatus; Predation reactor

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; APPROXIMATION THEORY; BIOREACTORS; REACTION KINETICS; SEWAGE SLUDGE;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE REDUCTION; AQUATIC WORMS; LUMBRICULUS VARIEGATUS; PREDATION REACTORS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; APPROXIMATION THEORY; BIOREACTORS; REACTION KINETICS; SEWAGE SLUDGE; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BIOREACTOR; BIOREMEDIATION; INVERTEBRATE; WATER TREATMENT;

AQUATIC FAUNA; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; IMMOBILIZATION; LARGE SCALE PRODUCTION; NETHERLANDS; NONHUMAN; PREDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLUDGE BLANKET REACTOR; SLUDGE DIGESTION; SLUDGE DISPOSAL; SLUDGE TREATMENT; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WORM;

BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE;

LUMBRICULUS VARIEGATUS; TUBIFEX TUBIFEX;

EID: 33751017061     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2006.08.029     Document Type: Article

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