Attached growth systems for wastewater treatment in small and rural communities: A review

Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 190-204

  Loupasaki, Eleftheria ^a   Diamadopoulos, Evan ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Aerated attached growth; Anaerobic attached growth; Attached growth processes; Municipal wastewater

Indexed keywords

ATTACHED GROWTH; HIGH CONCENTRATION; HIGH REMOVAL RATES; HYDRAULIC RETENTION TIME; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATERS; OPERATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS; ORGANIC LOADING RATES; PACKING MATERIALS; REMOVAL RATE; RURAL COMMUNITY; TREATMENT TEMPERATURE;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

LOADING;

BENTONITE; CARBONIC ACID; CLINOPTILOLITE; POLYMER; POLYSTYRENE; ZEOLITE;

AERATION; AEROBIC REACTOR; ANAEROBIC REACTOR; ATTACHED GROWTH PROCESS; BIOFILM; BIOFILM REACTOR; BIOMASS; CARBON SOURCE; DENITRIFICATION; EFFLUENT; MICROORGANISM; NITRIFICATION; NUTRIENT; PARTICLE SIZE; REVIEW; RURAL POPULATION; SEQUENCING BATCH REACTOR; SLUDGE TREATMENT; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84873187784     PISSN: 02682575     EISSN: 10974660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jctb.3967     Document Type: Review

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