The effect of anoxic selectors on sludge bulking

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 261-268

  Tampus, M V ^a   Martins, A M P ^b   van Loosdrecht, M C M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SAN CARLOS   (Philippines)

^b Aguas do Algarve SA   (Portugal)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Activated sludge; Anoxic selector; Bulking; Diffusion based selection

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL REACTORS; NITRATES; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; POPULATION STATISTICS; SETTLEMENT OF STRUCTURES; STOICHIOMETRY;

ANOXIC SELECTORS; SLUDGE BULKING;

SEWAGE SLUDGE;

ACETIC ACID; NITRATE;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; DENITRIFICATION; SEQUENCING BATCH REACTOR; SETTLING;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BATCH REACTOR; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DENITRIFICATION; DIFFUSION; HYPOTHESIS; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; MIXED CELL CULTURE; SIMULATION; SLUDGE THICKENING; STOICHIOMETRY;

EID: 7244225079     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2004.0384     Document Type: Article

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