Excess sludge reduction by biological way: From experimental experience to a real full scale application

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 102, Issue 22, 2011, Pages 10352-10358

  Troiani, C ^a   Eusebi, A L ^a   Battistoni, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alternate cycles; Energy uncoupling; Heterotrophic yield; Sludge decay; Sludge reduction

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATE CYCLES; ENERGY UNCOUPLING; HETEROTROPHIC YIELD; SLUDGE DECAY; SLUDGE REDUCTION;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; DOMESTIC WASTE; ENERGY USE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HETEROTROPHY; MASS BALANCE; OXIC CONDITIONS; RECYCLING; SLUDGE; WASTE FACILITY; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS CONCERNING THE ENTIRE ORGANISM; HETEROTROPHY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLUDGE; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

BACTERIA; BATCH CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOLOGICAL OXYGEN DEMAND ANALYSIS; CATIONS, MONOVALENT; ENERGY METABOLISM; HETEROTROPHIC PROCESSES; KINETICS; PILOT PROJECTS; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SEWAGE; SOLUBILITY; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 80054844910     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2011.08.124     Document Type: Article

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