Comprehensive insight of the performances of excess sludge reduction by 90 °c thermal treatment coupled with activated sludge at pilot scale: COD and N removal, bacterial populations, fate of heavy metals

Process Biochemistry

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1808-1816

  Laurent, J ^a,b   Jaziri, K ^a   Guignard, R ^a   Casellas, M ^a   Dagot, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LIMOGES   (France)

^b Faculté de Médecine   (France)

Author keywords

Activated sludge; DGGE; Heavy metals; PCR; Pilot; Thermal treatment

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AERATION TANKS; BACTERIAL COMMUNITY; BACTERIAL POPULATION; CONTROL REACTORS; COST ANALYSIS; DGGE; EXCESS SLUDGE REDUCTION; HANDLING COSTS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; MICROPOLLUTANTS; N REMOVAL; ORGANIC LOAD; PCR; PCR-DGGE; PHYSICOCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS; PILOT; PILOT SCALE; POLLUTION REMOVAL; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; RUNNING-IN; SLUDGE DISINTEGRATION; SLUDGE PRODUCTION; SLUDGE REDUCTION; TREATED EFFLUENT; TREATMENT PERFORMANCE;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; BACTERIOLOGY; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; COST ACCOUNTING; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EFFLUENTS; HEAT TREATMENT; HEAVY METALS; METALS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEWAGE TANKS;

CADMIUM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 80051544369     PISSN: 13595113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.procbio.2011.06.007     Document Type: Article

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