Hydraulic method of controlling solids retention time in step-feed biological nitrogen removal process

Environmental Engineering Science

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1112-1121

  Zhu, Guibing ^a,b   Peng, Yongzhen ^a,c   Wang, Shuying ^c  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^c BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Activated sludge; Biological nitrogen removal; Hydraulic method; Solids retention time; Step feeding process; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; HYDRAULIC MACHINERY; NITROGEN; SEWAGE SLUDGE;

ANOXIC ZONE; SOLIDS RETENTION TIME; SOLIDS RETENTION TIME (SRT); STEP-FEED BIOLOGICAL NITROGEN REMOVAL PROCESS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

NITROGEN;

ARTICLE; DISTRIBUTION VOLUME; EFFLUENT; FLOW RATE; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; METHODOLOGY; PROCESS CONTROL; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 35348961528     PISSN: 10928758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ees.2006.0229     Document Type: Article

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