Effects of nitrogen and phosphorus limitation on the activated sludge biomass in a kraft mill biotreatment system

Water Environment Research

Volumn 78, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2303-2310

  Bhathena, Jasmine ^c   Driscoll, Brian T ^a   Charles, Trevor C ^b   Archibald, Frederick S ^a,c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Activated sludge; Effluent treatment; Kraft mills; Nitrogen; Nutrients; Phosphorus; Poly beta hydroxybutyrate

Indexed keywords

EFFLUENT TREATMENT; NITROGEN; PAPER AND PULP MILLS; PHOSPHORUS;

EXTRACELLULAR POLYMERIC SUBSTANCES (EPS); MILL EFFLUENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS;

CARBOHYDRATE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; POLY(3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID);

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; NITROGEN; PAPER AND PULP MILLS; PHOSPHORUS;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOMASS; BIOREACTOR; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PHOSPHORUS; PULP AND PAPER INDUSTRY;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIOMASS; BIOREACTOR; EFFLUENT; HYDROPHOBICITY; PAPER INDUSTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULP MILL; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; WASTE WATER; WATER CONTENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; NITROGEN; PAPER MILLS;

EID: 33845423145     PISSN: 10614303     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2175/106143006X95401     Document Type: Article

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