Aerobic selectors in slaughterhouse activated sludge systems: A preliminary investigation

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 50-58

  Al Mutairi, Nayef Z ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Filamentous bulking; Selector; Slaughterhouse wastewater; Toxicity; Volatile fatty acids

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; BATCH REACTORS; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; TOXICITY; VOLATILE FATTY ACIDS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER QUALITY;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE SYSTEMS; ACTIVATED SLUDGE TREATMENT PLANT; FILAMENTOUS BULKING; OPERATIONAL PROBLEMS; READILY BIODEGRADABLE COD; SELECTOR; SLAUGHTERHOUSE WASTEWATER; SLAUGHTERHOUSE WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

EFFLUENTS;

CARBOXYLIC ACID;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AERATION; BIODEGRADATION; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; EFFLUENT; FATTY ACID; OXIC CONDITIONS; TOXICITY; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AERATION; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; EFFLUENT; LIQUID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; SLUDGE TREATMENT; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 51349109536     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2007.12.030     Document Type: Article

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