Evaluation of different wastewater treatment processes and development of a modified attached growth bioreactor as a decentralized approach for small communities

The Scientific World Journal

Volumn 2013, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Azizi, Shohreh ^a   Valipour, Alireza ^b   Sithebe, Thami ^a  

^a NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b Yeungnam University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC MATTER; OXYGEN; POLYPROPYLENE; AGAR; ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AGAR MEDIUM; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIOFILM; BIOFILM REACTOR; BIOMASS CONVERSION; BIOREACTOR DESIGN; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECENTRALIZATION; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; IMMOBILIZATION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL IDENTIFICATION; MICROFLORA; MODIFIED ATTACHED GROWTH BIOREACTOR; MOVING BED BIOFILM REACTOR; OXYGEN TRANSPORT; PACKED BED BIOFILM REACTOR; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; BIOMASS; BIOREACTOR; CHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIAL CONSORTIUM; MICROBIOLOGY; SEWAGE; TIME; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

AGAR; BIOFILMS; BIOLOGICAL OXYGEN DEMAND ANALYSIS; BIOMASS; BIOREACTORS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; MICROBIAL CONSORTIA; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; OXYGEN; SEWAGE; TIME FACTORS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WASTE WATER; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84890111619     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1537744X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2013/156870     Document Type: Article

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