Slow sand filtration of UASB reactor effluent: A promising post treatment technique

Desalination

Volumn 249, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 571-576

  Tyagi, Vinay Kumar ^a   Khan, Abid Ali ^a   Kazmi, A A ^a   Mehrotra, Indu ^a   Chopra, A K ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

^b GURUKUL KANGRI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

BOD; Coliforms; Post treatment; Slow sand filtration; Suspended solids; UASB

Indexed keywords

COLIFORMS; EFFLUENT QUALITY; FECAL COLIFORMS; FECAL STREPTOCOCCI; FILTRATION RATES; HYDRAULIC LOAD; LABORATORY SCALE; POST TREATMENT; POST-TREATMENT METHOD; PROCESS PERFORMANCE; SAND MEDIA; SLOW SAND FILTERS; SLOW SAND FILTRATION; SUSPENDED MATERIAL; SUSPENDED SOLIDS; TREATED EFFLUENT; UASB REACTOR; UP-FLOW ANAEROBIC SLUDGE BLANKET REACTORS;

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; EFFLUENTS; HYDRAULICS; OXYGEN; POROUS MATERIALS; SAND; TURBIDITY; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER QUALITY;

FILTRATION;

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; EFFLUENT; FILTRATION; WASTE TREATMENT;

STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 71349086027     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2008.12.049     Document Type: Article

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