The role of metals in enhanced biological phosphorus removal from wastewater

The role of metal cations in enhanced biological phosphorus removal (EBPR) from wastewater by activated sludge was investigated. Potassium and magnesium were simultaneously required for efficient EBPR. Neither potassium nor magnesium could induce enhanced phosphorus uptake on its own. Cations were...

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Main Author: Pattarkine, Vikram Madhao
Other Authors: Civil Engineering
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/39096
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-08082007-120247/