Upgrading activated sludge systems and reduction in excess sludge

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 102, Issue 22, 2011, Pages 10327-10333

  Hazrati, Hossein ^a   Shayegan, Jalal ^a  

^a SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Enriched municipal wastewater; Membrane bioreactor; Sludge reduction; Upflow anaerobic sludge blanket reactor

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PLANTS; ACTIVATED SLUDGE SYSTEMS; ANAEROBIC REACTOR; COD REMOVAL EFFICIENCY; CONVENTIONAL ACTIVATED SLUDGES; DATA ACCURACY; EXCESS SLUDGE; MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATERS; PLANT'S CAPACITY; PRETREATMENT UNITS; RETENTION TIME; SLUDGE REDUCTION; SLUDGE VOLUME INDEX; UP-FLOW ANAEROBIC SLUDGE BLANKET REACTORS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

BIOREACTORS; PILOT PLANTS; RETROFITTING; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BIOREACTOR; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DATA SET; MANUFACTURING; MEMBRANE; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; PRECISION; REDUCTION; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; MEMBRANE REACTOR; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLUDGE; UPFLOW REACTOR; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOLOGICAL OXYGEN DEMAND ANALYSIS; BIOREACTORS; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; METHANE; NITRATES; OXYGEN; PRESSURE; SEWAGE; SULFATES; TIME FACTORS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER PURIFICATION;

IRAN;

EID: 80054841371     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2011.08.112     Document Type: Article

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