Treatment of municipal sewage by biological aerated filter (BAF) using burned clay pellet as media

International Journal of Environment and Pollution

Volumn 37, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 186-204

  Lei, Guoyuan ^a   Qi, Bingqiang ^b   Wang, Zhansheng ^b   Wang, Jianlong ^b  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Biofilter; Biological aerated filter; Biological treatment; Burned clay pellet; Municipal sewage; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

BIOFILTERS; BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; BIOREMEDIATION; EFFLUENTS; FILTRATION; INVESTMENTS; PASSIVE FILTERS; PELLETIZING; SEWAGE; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

BIOLOGICAL AERATED FILTER; BIOLOGICAL AERATED FILTERS (BAF); BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT; BURNED CLAY PELLET; HYDRAULIC LOADING; HYDRAULIC LOADING RATES; MUNICIPAL SEWAGE; OPERATION STABILITY;

BIOLOGICAL SEWAGE TREATMENT;

AMMONIA;

AERATION; BIOFILTRATION; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; ENERGY CONSERVATION; MICROORGANISM; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SEWAGE TREATMENT;

AERATION; ARTICLE; BIOFILTER; BIOLOGICAL AERATED FILTER; BURNED CLAY PELLET; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CLAY; EFFLUENT; ENERGY CONSERVATION; EVALUATION; NONHUMAN; PERFORMANCE; SEWAGE TREATMENT; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL;

EID: 66149104001     PISSN: 09574352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJEP.2009.025124     Document Type: Article

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