Experimental investigation and modeling of innovative five-tank anaerobic-anoxic/oxic process

Applied Mathematical Modelling

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 278-290

  Abu Alhail, Saad ^a,b   Lu, Xi Wu ^a  

^a SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASRAH   (Iraq)

Author keywords

A2 O; ASM2d; Biomass; Domestic wastewater; Innovative five tank process; Modeling

Indexed keywords

A2/O; ACTIVATED SLUDGE MODEL; ASM2D; DOMESTIC WASTEWATER; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; LAND FOR CONSTRUCTIONS; NITROGEN AND PHOSPHORUS REMOVAL; PHOSPHATE-ACCUMULATING ORGANISMS;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; BIOMASS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT; EFFLUENTS; MODELS; NITROGEN REMOVAL; RATE CONSTANTS; SEWAGE; TANKS (CONTAINERS);

BIOLOGY;

EID: 84887619990     PISSN: 0307904X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apm.2013.06.019     Document Type: Article

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