Sewage sludge treatment in a thermophilic membrane reactor (TMR): factors affecting foam formation

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 2316-2325

  Collivignarelli, Maria Cristina ^a   Castagnola, Federico ^a   Sordi, Marco ^a   Bertanza, Giorgio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

EPS; Foaming; MBR; Sludge minimization; Thermophilic treatment

Indexed keywords

AERATION; BIOREACTOR; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EXOPOLYMER; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOAM; OPERATIONS TECHNOLOGY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PROTEIN; SEWAGE TREATMENT; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT;

POLYMER; SEWAGE; WASTE WATER;

BIOREACTOR; SEWAGE; WASTE WATER;

BIOREACTORS; POLYMERS; SEWAGE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WASTE WATER;

EID: 84994344908     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-016-7983-4     Document Type: Article

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