Sludge reduction potential of the activated sludge process by integrating an oligochaete reactor

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 163, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 87-91

  Wei, Yuansong ^a   Wang, Yawei ^a   Guo, Xuesong ^a   Liu, Junxin ^a  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Excess sludge; Oligochaete; Sludge reduction; Worm reactor

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGES; EFFLUENT QUALITIES; EXCESS SLUDGE; OLIGOCHAETE; OPERATIONAL PERIODS; OXIDATION DITCHES; PHOSPHORUS RELEASES; SETTLING CHARACTERISTICS; SLUDGE REDUCTION; SLUDGE VOLUME INDICES; SLUDGE YIELDS; TOTAL NITROGENS; WORM REACTOR;

CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; INTEGRATION; PHOSPHORUS; SEWAGE LAGOONS; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS; WATER QUALITY;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ANNELID; BIOREACTOR; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; INOCULATION; PHOSPHORUS; REDUCTION;

ANIMALS; BIOREACTORS; OLIGOCHAETA; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXYGEN; SEWAGE;

AEOLOSOMA HEMPRICHI; DERO FURCATA; NAIS ELINGUIS; OLIGOCHAETA (METAZOA); TUBIFICIDAE;

EID: 58249127183     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2008.06.065     Document Type: Article

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