Sludge reduction with Tubificidae and the impact on the performance of the wastewater treatment process

Journal of Environmental Sciences

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 257-263

  GUO, Xue song ^a   LIU, Jun xin ^a   WEI, Yuan song ^a   LI, Lin ^a  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

integrated wastewater treatment system; sludge reduction; Tubificidae; wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

BIOREACTORS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; OXIDATION; SEWAGE SLUDGE;

INTEGRATED OXIDATION DITCH WITH VERTICAL CIRCLE; INTEGRATED WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM; SLUDGE REDUCTION;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

BIOREACTORS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; OXIDATION; SEWAGE SLUDGE; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

BIOREACTOR; EARTHWORM; EFFLUENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; INOCULATION; OXIDATION; SLUDGE; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

ANIMAL; ANNELID WORM; ARTICLE; BIOREACTOR; EVALUATION; METHODOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEWAGE; VISCOSITY;

ANIMALS; BIOREACTORS; OLIGOCHAETA; PARTICLE SIZE; SEWAGE; VISCOSITY; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

TUBIFICIDAE;

EID: 34248144848     PISSN: 10010742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1001-0742(07)60042-4     Document Type: Article

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