Simultaneous nitrogen and phosphorus recovery from sludge-fermentation liquid mixture and application of the fermentation liquid to enhance municipal wastewater biological nutrient removal

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 16, 2009, Pages 6164-6170

  Zhang, Chao ^a   Chen, Yinguang ^a  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL NUTRIENT REMOVAL; CAPILLARY SUCTION TIME; CARBON SOURCE; LIQUID MIXTURE; LIQUID SEPARATION; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATERS; NUTRIENT REMOVAL EFFICIENCY; PHOSPHORUS LOADING; PHOSPHORUS RECOVERY; POLYMERIC SUBSTANCE; POSITIVE EFFECTS; RESPONSE SURFACE METHODOLOGY; SHORT-CHAIN FATTY ACIDS; SLUDGE DEWATERING; SLUDGE VOLUMES; SPECIFIC RESISTANCE TO FILTRATION; STRUVITES; WASTE ACTIVATED SLUDGES; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; BIOSOLIDS; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); DEWATERING; FATTY ACIDS; FERMENTATION; FILTRATION; LIQUIDS; MAGNESIUM; METAL IONS; NITROGEN REMOVAL; NUTRIENTS; PHOSPHORUS; POROUS MATERIALS; RECOVERY; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT;

AMMONIA; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; SHORT CHAIN FATTY ACID; STRUVITE;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AMMONIUM; BIOSOLID; DEWATERING; FATTY ACID; FERMENTATION; FILTRATION; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; POLYMER; RECYCLING; STRUVITE; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; DEWATERING; FERMENTATION; FILTRATION; LIQUID; NUTRIENT; RESPONSE SURFACE METHOD; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; SLUDGE; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

CITIES; FERMENTATION; FILTRATION; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; POLYMERS; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; SEWAGE; SOLUBILITY; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER; WATER PURIFICATION; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 68849120358     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es9005948     Document Type: Article

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