Effect of trace amounts of polyacrylamide (PAM) on long-term performance of activated sludge

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 189, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 69-75

  Luo, Yuan ling ^a   Yang, Zhao hui ^a   Xu, Zheng yong ^a   Zhou, Ling jun ^a   Zeng, Guang ming ^a   Huang, Jing ^a   Xiao, Yong ^a   Wang, Li ke ^a  

^a HUNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Activated sludge; PAM; Performance; SBR

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AMMONIUM REMOVAL; LAB-SCALE SEQUENCING; LONG TERM PERFORMANCE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITIES; MIXED LIQUOR SUSPENDED SOLIDS; ORGANIC LOADING RATES; PAM; PERFORMANCE; POLYACRYLAMIDES; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; SBR; SETTLEABILITY; SETTLING PROPERTIES; SLUDGE DISINTEGRATION; SLUDGE VOLUME INDEX; SPECIFIC OXYGEN UPTAKE RATE; TRACE AMOUNTS; WORKING VOLUME;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; BATCH REACTORS; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; FLOCCULATION; REMOVAL; ZETA POTENTIAL;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS;

AMMONIA; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; POLYACRYLAMIDE;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AMMONIUM; BIOMONITORING; BIOREACTOR; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLOCCULATION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; OXYGEN; PARTICLE SIZE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SLUDGE; SUSPENDED LOAD; VOLUME;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; FLOCCULATION; OXYGEN TRANSPORT; PARTICLE SIZE; SEQUENCING BATCH REACTOR; SLUDGE TREATMENT;

ACRYLIC RESINS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CARBON; OXYGEN; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; SEWAGE;

EID: 79953802417     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2011.01.115     Document Type: Article

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