An internal carbon source for improving biological nutrient removal

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 149-154

  Kampas, Pantelis ^a   Parsons, Simon A ^a   Pearce, Pete ^b   Ledoux, Sandrine ^b   Vale, Pete ^c   Cartmell, Elise ^a   Soares, Ana ^a  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b THAMES WATER UTILITIES LTD   (United Kingdom)

^c SEVERN TRENT WATER LTD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brewery effluent; Denitrification predictive tests; Phosphorus release; Sludge disintegration; Surplus activated sludge

Indexed keywords

DENITRIFICATION; NUTRIENTS;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BIOLOGICAL NUTRIENT REMOVAL; CARBON ADDITION; CONSUMPTION RATES; LABORATORY TEST; PHOSPHORUS RELEASE; PREDICTIVE TEST; SLUDGE DISINTEGRATION;

CARBON;

ACETIC ACID; CARBON; FRESH WATER; NITRATE; PHOSPHORUS;

ACETATE; ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BREWING INDUSTRY; CARBON; DENITRIFICATION; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; LABORATORY METHOD; PHOSPHORUS; POLLUTANT REMOVAL;

ARTICLE; CARBON SOURCE; DENITRIFICATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LABORATORY TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLUDGE DISPOSAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 51549097922     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2008.05.023     Document Type: Article

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