Aerobic granular sludge technology: An alternative to activated sludge?

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 11-12, 2004, Pages 1-7

  de Bruin, L M M ^a   de Kreuk, M K ^b   van der Roest, H F R ^a   Uijterlinde, C ^c   van Loosdrecht, M C M ^a  

^a ROYAL HASKONINGDHV   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c STOWA Foundation for Applied Water Research   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aerobic granular sludge; Nitrogen removal; Phosphate removal; Potential; Process economy

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; BIOREACTORS; CHEMICAL REACTORS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEWAGE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

MUNICIPLE WASTEWATER; RAIN WEATHER FLOW (RWF);

WATER ANALYSIS;

RAIN;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AEROBIC PROCESS; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SEQUENCING BATCH REACTOR; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CULTIVATED LAND; EFFLUENT STANDARD; FILTRATION; LABORATORY TEST; METHODOLOGY; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; NETHERLANDS; PROCESS TECHNOLOGY; SAND; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEQUENCING BATCH REACTOR; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT; SLUDGE DIGESTION; SLUDGE TREATMENT; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WEATHER;

EID: 4344644842     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2004.0790     Document Type: Article

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