Performance of 14 full-scale sewage treatment plants: Comparison between four aerobic technologies regarding effluent quality, sludge production and energy consumption

Environmental Technology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 34, Issue 15, 2013, Pages 2267-2275

  Vera, I ^a   Saez K ^a   Vidal, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

Author keywords

activated sludge; aerobic process; electrical energy consumption; sewage treatment plant; sludge production

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; EFFLUENTS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; LOADING; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS; WATER QUALITY;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AEROBIC PROCESS; ELECTRICAL ENERGY CONSUMPTION; HYDRAULIC RETENTION TIME; MIXED LIQUOR VOLATILE SUSPENDED SOLIDS; SEQUENCING BATCH REACTORS; SLUDGE PRODUCTION; TOTAL KJELDAHL NITROGENS;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

NITROGEN; ORGANIC MATTER; PHOSPHORUS;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EFFLUENT; ENERGY CONSERVATION; OXIC CONDITIONS; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SEWAGE TREATMENT; STABILIZATION; SUSPENDED LOAD; VOLATILE SUBSTANCE;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; LAGOON; SEQUENCING BATCH REACTOR; SEWAGE EFFLUENT; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT;

EID: 84886101941     PISSN: 09593330     EISSN: 1479487X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09593330.2013.765921     Document Type: Article

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