Assessment of biological trickling filter systems with various packing materials for improved wastewater treatment

Environmental Technology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 424-434

  Naz, Iffat ^a   Saroj, Devendra P ^b   Mumtaz, Sadia ^a   Ali, Naeem ^a   Ahmed, Safia ^a  

^a QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biological trickling filters; filter media; loading rates; simplified model; wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FILTERS (FOR FLUIDS); OXYGEN; POLYSTYRENES; RUBBER; TEMPERATURE; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

BIOLOGICAL TRICKLING FILTER; FILTER MEDIA; LOADING RATE; MICROBIAL CONTAMINANT; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT; ORGANIC LOADING RATES; PACKING MATERIALS; TEMPERATURE RANGE;

LOADING;

CARBON; ORGANIC MATTER; PLASTIC; POLYSTYRENE; RUBBER; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIOLOGICAL METHOD; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DEVELOPING WORLD; FECAL COLIFORM; FILTRATION; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; SUSTAINABILITY; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIOFILM; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FECAL COLIFORM; FIXED FILM REACTOR; MATERIALS; NONHUMAN; RECYCLING; TEMPERATURE; TRICKLING FILTER; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANT; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOREMEDIATION; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEVICE FAILURE ANALYSIS; DEVICES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PROCEDURES; SEWAGE; ULTRAFILTRATION; WASTE WATER; WATER MANAGEMENT;

BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOLOGICAL OXYGEN DEMAND ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ULTRAFILTRATION; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84919781941     PISSN: 09593330     EISSN: 1479487X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09593330.2014.951400     Document Type: Article

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