Investigation of a sewage-integrated technology combining an expanded granular sludge bed (EGSB) and an electrochemical reactor in a pilot-scale plant

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 192, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1161-1170

  Dai, Ruihua ^a   Liu, Yan ^a   Liu, Xiang ^a   Zhang, Xudong ^a   Zeng, Ciyuan ^a   Li, Liang ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

EC; EGSB; Municipal wastewater; NH 3 N; Pilot scale

Indexed keywords

EC; EGSB; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATERS; NH 3-N; PILOT SCALE;

CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; EFFLUENTS; ELECTRIC REACTORS; GRANULAR MATERIALS; PHOSPHORUS; SEWAGE; SEWAGE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT);

FERROUS SULFIDE; IRON; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; SULFATE; TITANIUM;

AMMONIA; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DOMESTIC WASTE; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; ELECTROCHEMICAL METHOD; EQUIPMENT; GRANULAR MEDIUM; ORGANIC MATTER; OXIDATION; PARAMETERIZATION; PHOSPHORUS; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SEWAGE; SLUDGE; SUSPENDED LOAD; WASTE FACILITY; WASTE TREATMENT;

ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEAVY METAL REMOVAL; PH; REACTOR; SLUDGE TREATMENT; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; WATER POLLUTION;

BIOREACTORS; CHEMISTRY; CHEMISTRY, ORGANIC; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; MODELS, CHEMICAL; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; SEWAGE; TIME FACTORS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 80052038395     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: 18733336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2011.06.028     Document Type: Article

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