Comparison of activated sludge technologies by particle size analysis

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 223, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 4319-4331

  Garcia Mesa, J J ^a   Delgado Ramos, F ^a   Munio M M ^a   Hontoria, E ^a   Poyatos, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Activated sludge; Double step; Medium load; Membrane bioreactor; Particle size distribution; Prolonged aeration; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ACTIVATED SLUDGE TREATMENT; AVERAGE PARTICLE SIZE; DOUBLE-STEP; MATHEMATICAL CORRELATION; MEDIUM LOAD; MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; PARTICLE DISTRIBUTIONS; PARTICLE SEPARATION; PARTICULATE MATTER; QUALITY PARAMETERS; SECONDARY TREATMENT; SEM-EDX; SUSPENDED SOLIDS; ULTRA-FILTRATION MEMBRANES; URBAN WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

BIOREACTORS; EFFLUENTS; MEMBRANE TECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; TURBIDITY; ULTRAFILTRATION; WASTEWATER; WATER AERATION; WATER QUALITY;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AERATION; BIOREACTOR; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EFFLUENT; PARAMETERIZATION; PARTICLE SIZE; POWER LAW; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TURBIDITY; ULTRAFILTRATION; WASTE TECHNOLOGY; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; BIOREACTOR; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; EFFLUENT; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; SLUDGE TREATMENT; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TURBIDITY; URBAN AREA; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 84865528026     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-012-1194-5     Document Type: Article

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