Use of floating balls for reducing bacterial aerosol emissions from aeration in wastewater treatment processes

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 175, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 866-871

  Hung, Hsueh Fen ^a   Kuo, Yu Mei ^b   Chien, Chih Ching ^c   Chen, Chih Chieh ^d  

^a YUANPEI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHUNG HWA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^c YUAN ZE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Aeration; Air pollution control; Bioaerosols; Bubbles; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

AERATION SYSTEM; AEROSOL SAMPLES; AIR TRANSPORT; BACTERIAL AEROSOLS; BALL SIZE; BIOAEROSOLS; CONTROL EFFICIENCY; CONTROL MEASURES; CONTROL SETTINGS; E. COLI; FLOATING BALLS; HUMAN HEALTH; IMPACTORS; LIQUID SURFACE; METHYLENE BLUE; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PROCESS;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LIQUIDS; POLLUTION INDUCED CORROSION; SPHERES; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER AERATION; WATER RECYCLING; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL;

EOSIN; METHYLENE BLUE;

AERATION; AEROSOL; AGAR; AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BUBBLE; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; EMISSION CONTROL; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROORGANISM; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

AERATION; AEROSOL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FRACTIONATION; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

AEROSOLS; AGAR; AIR MICROBIOLOGY; BACTERIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GASES; METHYLENE BLUE; PARTICLE SIZE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 72049100125     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2009.10.090     Document Type: Article

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