Effects of sponge size and type on the performance of an up-flow sponge bioreactor in primary treated sewage effluent treatment

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1416-1420

  Nguyen, Tien Thanh ^a   Ngo, Huu Hao ^a   Guo, Wenshan ^a   Johnston, Archie ^a   Listowski, Andrzej ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Sydney Olympic Park Authority   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; BIOREACTORS; EFFLUENTS; SEWAGE; BIOCONVERSION; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; NUTRIENTS;

AEROBIC CONDITION; ANAEROBIC CONDITIONS; BIOMASS GROWTH; ORGANIC AND NUTRIENT REMOVALS; POLLUTANTS REMOVAL; POLYURETHANE SPONGE; PRIMARY TREATED SEWAGE EFFLUENTS; UP-FLOW SPONGE BIOREACTORS; MEDIUM SIZE; NUTRIENT REMOVAL; SEWAGE EFFLUENTS; SPONGE SIZE; SPONGE TYPE; TP REMOVAL;

EFFLUENT TREATMENT; EFFLUENTS;

PHOSPHORUS; POLYURETHAN FOAM; NITROGEN; ORGANIC COMPOUND; OXYGEN; POLYURETHAN;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIOMASS; BIOREACTOR; BODY SIZE; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DOMINANCE; EFFLUENT; GROWTH RATE; MARINE TECHNOLOGY; OXIC CONDITIONS; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PHOSPHORUS; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; RESIN; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SPONGE; NUTRIENT; ORGANIC POLLUTANT;

AEROBIC REACTOR; ANAEROBIC REACTOR; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEWAGE EFFLUENT; SEWAGE TREATMENT; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; UPFLOW REACTOR; ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ANIMAL; BIOREACTOR; BIOREMEDIATION; CHEMISTRY; INSTRUMENTATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; SEWAGE; SPONGE (PORIFERA); STANDARD; WATER MANAGEMENT; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; UP FLOW SPONGE BIOREACTOR; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL;

ANAEROBIOSIS; ANIMALS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOMASS; BIOREACTORS; NITROGEN; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; OXYGEN; PHOSPHORUS; POLYURETHANES; PORIFERA; SEWAGE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 77951213137     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2009.07.081     Document Type: Article

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