Fatty acid methyl ester (FAME) technology for monitoring biological foaming in acivated sludge: Full scale plant verification

Environmental Technology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 199-206

  Lee, J W ^a   Cha, D K ^b   Kim, I ^c   Son, A ^b   Ahn, K H ^d  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^c Pukyong National University   (South Korea)

^d Korea Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Activated sludge foaming; FAME; Gordonia amarae

Indexed keywords

ESTERS; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ACTIVATED SLUDGE SYSTEMS; COUNTING TECHNIQUES; FAME; FATTY ACID METHYL ESTER; GORDONIA; THRESHOLD SIGNATURE; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

FATTY ACIDS;

ALCOHOL; FATTY ACID ESTER;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; ESTERS; FATTY ACIDS; MICROORGANISMS;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BACTERIUM; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FATTY ACID; FOAM; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; FOAMING; GORDONIA AMARAE; LIQUID; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION MONITORING; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

GORDONIA AMARAE;

EID: 42249103228     PISSN: 09593330     EISSN: 1479487X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09593330802028808     Document Type: Article

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