Importance of particulate biodegradable organic compounds in performance of full-scale biological phosphorus removal system

Water Environment Research

Volumn 81, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 886-895

  Tunçal, Tolga ^a,b   Pala, Ayşegül ^a   Uslu, Orhan ^c  

^a DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Izmir Water and Sewerage Administration (IZSU)   (Turkey)

^c BAHCESEHIR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Activated sludge; Air entrainment; Denitrifying phosphorous accumulating organisms; Electron acceptor; Enhanced biological phosphorus removal; Particulate biodegradable chemical oxygen demand; Phosphorous accumulating organisms; Primary sedimentation; Sludge volume index

Indexed keywords

AIR ENTRAINMENT; BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; EFFLUENTS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PHOSPHORUS; REACTION RATES; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; DENITRIFYING PHOSPHOROUS ACCUMULATING ORGANISMS; ELECTRON ACCEPTOR; ENHANCED BIOLOGICAL PHOSPHORUS REMOVAL; PHOSPHOROUS ACCUMULATING ORGANISMS; SLUDGE VOLUME INDEX;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS;

ORGANIC COMPOUND; PHOSPHORUS; OXYGEN;

BIODEGRADATION; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; PARTICLE SETTLING; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; PHOSPHORUS; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SEDIMENTATION; WASTE TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFLUENT; PHOSPHORUS REMOVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENTATION; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; ANAEROBIC GROWTH; BIOREACTOR; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PH; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANAEROBIOSIS; BIOREACTORS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; OXYGEN; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHOSPHORUS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 70449717380     PISSN: 10614303     EISSN: 15547531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2175/106143009X407320     Document Type: Article

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