Design parameters for sludge reduction in an aquatic worm reactor

Water Research

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1017-1023

  Hendrickx, T L G ^a,b   Temmink, H ^a,b   Elissen, H J H ^a   Buisman, C J N ^a,b  

^a EUROPEAN CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE FOR SUSTAINABLE WATER TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Lumbriculus variegatus; Oxygen uptake rate; Sludge load; Sludge reduction; Sludge type; Worm density

Indexed keywords

DECAY (ORGANIC); OXYGEN; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

CARRIER MATERIAL; CONSUMPTION RATES; DECAY RATE; DESIGN PARAMETERS; LUMBRICULUS VARIEGATUS; OXYGEN UPTAKE RATES; SLUDGE LOAD; SLUDGE REDUCTION; SLUDGE TYPE; WORM DENSITY;

MESH GENERATION;

DESIGN; GROWTH RATE; MICROORGANISM; OXYGEN; SLUDGE; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

AERATION; AQUATIC WORM; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; GROWTH RATE; LUMBRICULUS VARIEGATUS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTOR; SLUDGE TREATMENT; SURFACE PROPERTY; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WORM;

LUMBRICULUS VARIEGATUS;

EID: 76049097593     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2009.10.025     Document Type: Article

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