Addition of an aerated iron-rich waste-activated sludge to control the soluble sulphide concentration in sewage

Water and Environment Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 106-115

  Zhang, Lehua ^a,b   De Gusseme, Bart ^a   Cai, Lankun ^b   De Schryver, Peter ^a   Marzorati, Massimo ^a   Boon, Nico ^a   Lens, Piet ^c   Verstraete, Willy ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chemical precipitation; Iron salts; Microbially induced concrete corrosion (MICC); Recycling activated sludge; Sulphide oxidation

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE SYSTEMS; CHEMICAL PRECIPITATION; HYDROGEN SULPHIDE; IRON SALTS; MICROBIALLY INDUCED CONCRETE CORROSION (MICC); RAW SEWAGE; SULPHIDE CONCENTRATION; SULPHIDE OXIDATION; TOTAL AMMONIA NITROGENS; WASTE ACTIVATED SLUDGES;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; CORROSION; NITROGEN REMOVAL; OXIDATION; OXYGEN; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); RECYCLING; SALTS; SEWAGE; SEWERS;

CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND;

AMMONIA; IRON; NITROGEN; SULFIDE;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CORROSION; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; IRON; NITRIFICATION; ODOR; OXIDATION; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); RECYCLING; SEWAGE; TOXICITY;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AERATION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONTROLLED STUDY; IRON RICH AERATED WASTE ACTIVATED SLUDGE; NITRIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SEWER;

EID: 79551714645     PISSN: 17476585     EISSN: 17476593     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-6593.2009.00198.x     Document Type: Article

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