Predicting the degradability of waste activated sludge

Water Environment Research

Volumn 81, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 765-771

  Jones, Richard ^a   Parker, Wayne ^b   Zhu, Henry ^b   Houweling, Dwight ^a   Murthy, Sudhir ^c  

^a EnviroSim Associates Ltd   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c DCWASA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaerobic digestion; Endogenous decay; Inert; Model; Respirometry; Waste activated sludge

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; BATCH REACTORS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; MODELS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND REMOVALS; ENDOGENOUS DECAY; INERT; METHANE PRODUCTION; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATERS; RESPIROMETRY; SEQUENCING BATCH REACTORS; WASTE ACTIVATED SLUDGES;

SLUDGE DIGESTION;

METHANE;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEGRADATION; METHANE; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SOFTWARE; WASTEWATER;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADABILITY; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DEGRADATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIROMETRY; SEQUENCING BATCH REACTOR; SIMULATION; STOICHIOMETRY; WASTE ACTIVATED SLUDGE; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 74549203398     PISSN: 10614303     EISSN: 15547531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2175/106143008X390852     Document Type: Article

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