Performance and biological indicators of a laboratory-scale activated sludge reactor with phosphate simultaneous precipitation as affected by ferric chloride addition

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 165, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 607-616

  De Gregorio, Carolina ^a   Caravelli, Alejandro H ^a   Zaritzky, Noemí E ^a,b  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN Y DESARROLLO EN CRIOTECNOLOGÍA DE ALIMENTOS CIDCA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Activated sludge; Biological Indicators; Ferric chloride; Microfauna; Phosphorous simultaneous precipitation; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BIOLOGICAL INDICATORS; FERRIC CHLORIDE; MICROFAUNA; SIMULTANEOUS PRECIPITATION;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); CHLORINATION; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COAGULATION; DAIRY PRODUCTS; EFFLUENTS; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; IRON COMPOUNDS; PH EFFECTS; PHOSPHORUS; STERILIZATION (CLEANING); TOXICITY; WASTEWATER; WATER QUALITY;

PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL);

CHILODONELLA; CILIOPHORA; COLPODA SP.; OPERCULARIA (CILIATA); ROTIFERA; VORTICELLA; VORTICELLA MICROSTOMA;

EID: 78349305346     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2010.10.004     Document Type: Article

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