Simultaneous organic and nutrient nemoval in a naturally ventilated biotower treating presettled municipal wastewater

Journal of Environmental Engineering

Volumn 136, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 301-307

  Mahmoud, Mohamed ^a   Tawfik, Ahmed ^a   El Gohary, Fatma ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

COD removal; Down flow hanging sponge; Hydraulic retention time; Municipal wastewater; Nutrient removal; Organic loading rate; Scanning electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

COD REMOVAL; HYDRAULIC RETENTION TIME; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATERS; ORGANIC LOADING RATES;

AMMONIA; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; HYDRAULICS; LAND FILL; NUTRIENTS; OXYGEN; PHOSPHORUS; SCANNING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER RECYCLING;

CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT);

AMMONIA; BIOMONITORING; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); NUTRIENT; ORGANIC MATTER; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PHOSPHORUS; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WASTEWATER; WATER RETENTION; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 77955523369     PISSN: 07339372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)EE.1943-7870.0000148     Document Type: Article

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