Improving secondary sludge biodegradability using free nitrous acid treatment

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 116, Issue , 2012, Pages 92-98

  Pijuan, Maite ^a,b   Wang, Qilin ^a   Ye, Liu ^a   Yuan, Zhiguo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aerobic digestion; Biocides; Free nitrous acid; Sludge biodegradability; Sludge production

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BIOCIDAL EFFECTS; NITROUS ACID; NOVEL STRATEGIES; SECONDARY SLUDGE; SLUDGE PRODUCTION;

BIOACTIVITY; BIOCIDES; BIODEGRADATION; BIOMASS; INORGANIC ACIDS;

SLUDGE DIGESTION;

AMMONIA; NITROUS ACID;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BIOACTIVITY; BIODEGRADATION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; INORGANIC ACID; PESTICIDE;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADABILITY; BIOMASS; CELL VIABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLUDGE TREATMENT;

AEROBIOSIS; BATCH CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOREACTORS; DISINFECTANTS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; NITRATES; NITRITES; NITROUS ACID; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXYGEN; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; SEWAGE; VOLATILIZATION;

EID: 84860993102     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2012.04.016     Document Type: Article

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