The effect of implemented pulsed electric field (PEF) treatment on the dehydrogenase activity of activated sludge

WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 95, Issue , 2006, Pages 379-388

  Koners, U ^a   Schmidt, W ^b   Loffler M ^b   Heinz, V ^a   Knorr, D ^a  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b WESTPHALIAN UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dehydrogenase assay; DHA; Disintegration; PEF; Pulsed electric field; Resazurin

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; HYDROGEN; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 36148955751     PISSN: 17433541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2495/WP060381     Document Type: Article

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