Aquatic worms eating waste sludge in a continuous system

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 100, Issue 20, 2009, Pages 4642-4648

  Hendrickx, T L G ^a   Temmink, H ^a   Elissen, H J H ^a   Buisman, C J N ^a  

^a EUROPEAN CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE FOR SUSTAINABLE WATER TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Continuous operation; Lumbriculus variegatus; Mass balance; Sludge reduction; Worm reactor

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS OPERATION; LUMBRICULUS VARIEGATUS; MASS BALANCE; SLUDGE REDUCTION; WORM REACTOR;

BIOMASS; SEWAGE; SPECTRUM ANALYZERS; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT);

ANNELID; BIOMASS; BIOREACTOR; MASS BALANCE; SLUDGE; WASTE TREATMENT;

ANNELID WORM; ARTICLE; BIOREACTOR; BIOTECHNOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; CONTINUOUS PROCESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; LUMBRICULUS VARIEGATUS; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLUDGE DIGESTION; SLUDGE TREATMENT;

ANIMALS; BIOREACTORS; FECES; OLIGOCHAETA; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SEWAGE; VOLATILIZATION;

LUMBRICULUS VARIEGATUS;

EID: 67649313328     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2009.04.071     Document Type: Article

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