Simultaneous sludge reduction and nutrient removal (SSRNR) with interaction between Tubificidae and microorganisms: A full-scale study

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 102, Issue 24, 2011, Pages 11132-11136

  Lou, Juqing ^a   Sun, Peide ^a   Guo, Maoxin ^a   Wu, Ge ^a   Song, Yingqi ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG GONGSHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Full scale study; Simultaneous sludge reduction and nutrient removal (SSRNR); Symbiotic system; Tubificidae; WWTP

Indexed keywords

FULL-SCALE STUDY; SLUDGE REDUCTION; SYMBIOTIC SYSTEM; TUBIFICIDAE; WWTP;

CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; ECOSYSTEMS; MICROORGANISMS; PHOSPHORUS; SEWAGE; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

NUTRIENTS;

AMMONIA; PHOSPHORUS;

AMMONIUM; ANNELID; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); MICROORGANISM; NUTRIENT; OXIDATION; PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHORUS; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SLUDGE; SYMBIOSIS; WASTEWATER;

ANNELID WORM; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ECOSYSTEM; INOCULATION; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SIMULTANEOUS SLUDGE REDUCTION AND NUTRIENT REMOVAL; SLUDGE SETTLING; SLUDGE TREATMENT; SYMBIOSIS; TUBIFICIDAE; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

AMMONIA; ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOLOGICAL OXYGEN DEMAND ANALYSIS; OLIGOCHAETA; PHOSPHORUS; REPRODUCTION; SEWAGE; VOLATILIZATION; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION;

TUBIFICIDAE;

EID: 82755177959     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2011.09.048     Document Type: Article

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