Optimization of the performance of an integrated anaerobic-aerobic system for domestic wastewater treatment

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 185-194

  Tawfik, A ^a   El Gohary, F ^a   Ohashi, A ^b   Harada, H ^b  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

^b NAGAOKA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

BOD; DHS; Faecal coliform; Nitrification; Sewage; Sludge; UASB

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WATER TREATMENT;

BOD; DHS; FAECAL COLIFORM; NITRIFICATION; SEWAGE; SLUDGE; UASB;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

AMMONIA;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; DOMESTIC WASTE; FECAL COLIFORM; INTEGRATED APPROACH; NITRIFICATION; OPTIMIZATION; OXIC CONDITIONS; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ADSORPTION; AEROBIC REACTOR; ANAEROBIC REACTOR; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIODEGRADATION; BIOMASS; BIOREACTOR; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMESTIC WASTE; DOWNFLOW HANGING SPONGE SYSTEM; FECAL COLIFORM; NITRIFICATION; NONHUMAN; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; PROTEIN HYDROLYSIS; SLUDGE BLANKET REACTOR; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; UPFLOW REACTOR; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

AEROBIOSIS; ANAEROBIOSIS; BACTERIA; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EGYPT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FECES; HUMANS; SEWAGE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

EID: 50849121697     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2008.320     Document Type: Article

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