Experimental results and mathematical modelling of an autotrophic and heterotrophic biofilm in a sand filter treating landfill leachate and municipal wastewater

Water Research

Volumn 42, Issue 14, 2008, Pages 3899-3909

  Wichern, Marc ^a   Lindenblatt, Claus ^a   Lübken, Manfred ^a   Horn, Harald ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Clogging; Detachment; Mathematical modelling; Sand filter; Sensitivity

Indexed keywords

BANDPASS FILTERS; BIOREACTORS; DEGRADATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAND; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

AUTOTROPHICS; CLOGGING; DEGRADATION RATE; DETACHMENT; HETEROTROPHIC BIOFILM; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATERS; SAND FILTER; SENSITIVITY; SOIL FILTERS;

BIOFILMS;

AUTOTROPHY; BIOFILM; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DEGRADATION; DIFFUSION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FILTER; GROWTH RATE; HETEROTROPHY; LANDFILL; LEACHATE; NUMERICAL MODEL; SLUDGE; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; BIOFILM; BIOMASS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DENITRIFICATION; FILTER; FILTRATION; LANDFILL LEACHATE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NITRIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENTATION; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 50449096724     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2008.05.031     Document Type: Article

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