Extraction of nutrients from foam in a membrane activated sludge system

Environmental Technology

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1281-1288

  Lo, K V ^a   Chan, W I ^a   Lo, I W ^a   Koch, F ^a   Liao, P H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

advanced oxidation process; microwave; nutrient recovery; sewage foam; wastewater

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; CALCIUM; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; ENHANCED RECOVERY; FATTY ACIDS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MAGNESIUM; METAL RECOVERY; MICROWAVES; NUTRIENTS; OXIDATION; OXIDATION RESISTANCE; OXYGEN; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; SEWAGE; WASTEWATER;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE SYSTEMS; ADVANCED OXIDATION PROCESSES; AVAILABLE PHOSPHORUS; CRYSTALLIZATION PROCESS; EFFICIENT METHOD; ENERGY COST; ENHANCED BIOLOGICAL PHOSPHORUS REMOVAL; NUTRIENT RECOVERY; POTENTIAL BENEFITS; PRE-TREATMENT; SOLIDS CONTENT; VOLATILE FATTY ACIDS;

FOAM CONTROL;

AMMONIA; CALCIUM; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MAGNESIUM; PHOSPHATE; POTASSIUM; VOLATILE FATTY ACID;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ALKALINE EARTH METAL; AMMONIA; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CRYSTALLIZATION; FATTY ACID; FOAM; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MEMBRANE; MICROWAVE RADIATION; NUTRIENT; OXIDATION; PHOSPHATE (INORGANIC); PHOSPHORUS; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; POTASSIUM; SEWAGE; SOLUBILIZATION;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CRYSTALLIZATION; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; EXTRACTION; FOAM; MEMBRANE; MICROWAVE RADIATION; NUTRIENT; OXIDATION; SOLUBILIZATION; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 77956299324     PISSN: 09593330     EISSN: 1479487X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09593331003710228     Document Type: Article

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