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Aerobic treatment of dairy wastewater

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Biotechnology Techniques

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Wastewater from a dairy plant with an average BOD5 of 1060 mg/l and an average TKN of 109 mg/l was treated aerobically using three activated sludge reactors in series. With an overall retention time of 19.8 hrs, the final effluent contained 9 mg/l of BOD5 and 10 mg/l of TKN, corresponding to respective reductions of 99% and 91%.

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  1. Civil Engineering Department, University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong

    Herbert H. P. Fang

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Fang, H.H.P. Aerobic treatment of dairy wastewater. Biotechnol Tech 4, 1–4 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00156600

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