Biodegradability and denitrification potential of settleable chemical oxygen demand in domestic wastewater

Water Environment Research

Volumn 81, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 715-727

  Tas, Didem Okutman ^a   Karahan, Özlem ^a   Insel, Güçlü ^a   Övez, Süleyman ^a   Orhon, Derin ^b   Spanjers, Henri ^c  

^a ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Turkish Academy of Sciences   (Turkey)

^c Lettinga Associates Foundation LeAF   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biodegradation; Chemical oxygen demand fractions; Denitrification potential; Domestic wastewater; Primary settling; Respirometric modeling; Settleable chemical oxygen demand

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADABILITY; BIODEGRADATION; DENITRIFICATION; HYDROLYSIS; NITROGEN; NITROGEN REMOVAL; OXYGEN;

BIODEGRADATION CHARACTERISTICS; DENITRIFICATION EFFICIENCIES; DENITRIFICATION POTENTIAL; DOMESTIC WASTEWATER; NITROGEN REMOVAL PROCESS; PRIMARY SETTLING; RESPIROMETRIC MODELS; WASTEWATER CHARACTERIZATION;

CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND;

NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; OXYGEN;

BIODEGRADATION; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DENITRIFICATION; DOMESTIC WASTE; HYDROLYSIS; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SETTLING VELOCITY; SLUDGE; SUSPENDED LOAD; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADABILITY; BIODEGRADATION; CALIBRATION; CARBON SOURCE; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DENITRIFICATION; DOMESTIC WASTE; HYDROLYSIS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; OXYGEN SATURATION; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; RESPIROMETRY; SIMULATION; SLUDGE; SOLID; WASTE WATER; BIOREACTOR; BIOREMEDIATION; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; SEWAGE; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANT;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOREACTORS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; SEWAGE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 73349129063     PISSN: 10614303     EISSN: 15547531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2175/106143009X425942     Document Type: Article

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