Nocardia foaming control in activated sludge process treating domestic wastewater

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 99, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 3381-3388

  Tsang, Y F ^a   Sin, S N ^a   Chua, H ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Filamentous bacteria; Foaming control; Long chain fatty acids; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; BACTERIA; FATTY ACIDS; REACTION KINETICS;

FILAMENTOUS BACTERIA; FOAMING CONTROL; LONG-CHAIN FATTY ACIDS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

FATTY ACID; CARBON; OXYGEN;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; BACTERIA; FATTY ACIDS; REACTION KINETICS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BACTERIUM; DOMESTIC WASTE; FATTY ACID; FOAM; GROWTH RATE; INDEX METHOD; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CONTROL STRATEGY; DOMESTIC WASTE; FEAST FAST OPERATION; FOAMING; GORDONIA AMARAE; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; DRUG EFFECT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KINETICS; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; NOCARDIA; PHYSIOLOGY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SEWAGE; WATER MANAGEMENT;

GORDONIA AMARAE; NOCARDIA;

CARBON; FATTY ACIDS; KINETICS; NOCARDIA; OXYGEN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SEWAGE; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 43849086666     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2007.08.012     Document Type: Article

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