A free nitrous acid (FNA)-based technology for reducing sludge production

Water Research

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 3663-3672

  Wang, Qilin ^a   Ye, Liu ^a   Jiang, Guangming ^a   Yuan, Zhiguo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Denitrification; Economic analysis; Excess sludge; Free nitrous acid; Sludge reduction

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; BATCH REACTORS; BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; DENITRIFICATION; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL REACTORS; INORGANIC ACIDS; NITROGEN OXIDES; NITROGEN REMOVAL; OPERATING COSTS; ORGANIC CARBON; WASTEWATER DISPOSAL; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

BIOLOGICAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT; ENDOGENOUS DENITRIFICATION; EXCESS SLUDGE; FREE NITROUS ACIDS; MIXED LIQUOR SUSPENDED SOLIDS CONCENTRATION; SEQUENCING BATCH REACTORS; SLUDGE REDUCTION; SLUDGE TREATMENT AND DISPOSALS;

SLUDGE DISPOSAL;

FREE NITROUS ACID; NITROGEN; NITROUS ACID DERIVATIVE; ORGANIC CARBON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOREACTOR; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DENITRIFICATION; NITROUS OXIDE; ORGANIC ACID; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SLUDGE; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; BATCH REACTOR; CARBON SOURCE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DENITRIFICATION; NITRIFICATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLUDGE TREATMENT; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER;

EID: 84878160889     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2013.04.016     Document Type: Article

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