Sludge retention time as a suitable operational parameter to remove both estrogen and nutrients in an anaerobic-anoxic-aerobic activated sludge system

Environmental Engineering Science

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 161-169

  Zeng, Qingling ^a,b   Li, Yongmei ^a   Yang, Shijia ^a  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HUAQIAO UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

activated sludge; biodegradation; estrogen; removal; sorption; wastewater

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ACTIVATED SLUDGE SYSTEMS; ENHANCED BIOLOGICAL PHOSPHORUS REMOVAL; ESTROGEN; HYDRAULIC RETENTION TIME; MASS-BALANCE CALCULATIONS; SLUDGE TREATMENT AND DISPOSALS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

BIODEGRADATION; EFFLUENTS; NUTRIENTS; OPTIMIZATION; REMOVAL; SORPTION; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER DISPOSAL; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS;

ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; PHOSPHORUS;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AEROBIC CAPACITY; ANAEROBIC CAPACITY; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; DISTRIBUTION VOLUME; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; NUTRIENT; SLUDGE RETENTION TIME; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

EID: 84876905275     PISSN: 10928758     EISSN: 15579018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ees.2011.0400     Document Type: Article

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