Degradation of organic matter from domestic wastewater with loofah sponge biofilm reactor

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 190-195

  Zhang, Liwei ^a   Sun, Ken ^b   Hu, Na ^b  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NORTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF WATER RESOURCES AND ELECTRIC POWER   (China)

Author keywords

Domestic wastewater; Hydraulic retention time; Loofah sponge biofilm; Shock loading

Indexed keywords

BIOFILM REACTORS; BIOFILM SYSTEMS; DOMESTIC WASTEWATER; HYDRAULIC RETENTION TIME; INFLUENCE PARAMETER; INFLUENT FLOW RATE; LABORATORY SCALE; N REMOVAL; OPTIMUM OPERATIONS; SHOCK LOADINGS; START-UPS; SUPPORT MATERIALS;

BIOFILMS; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOREACTORS; EFFICIENCY; EXPERIMENTS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SHOCK PROBLEMS; WASTEWATER;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

NITROGEN; ORGANIC MATTER;

ACCLIMATION; BIOFILM; BIOREACTOR; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DOMESTIC WASTE; LOADING; NITROGEN; OPTIMIZATION; ORGANIC MATTER; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SPONGE; WASTEWATER;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ARTICLE; BIOFILM REACTOR; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DEGRADATION; DOMESTIC WASTE; FLOW RATE; LUFFA; TEMPERATURE; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

AMMONIA; BIOFILMS; BIOLOGICAL OXYGEN DEMAND ANALYSIS; BIOREACTORS; LUFFA; SEWAGE; TIME FACTORS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

EID: 84862923099     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2011.846     Document Type: Article

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