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Trickling Filters

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Biological Treatment Processes

Part of the book series: Handbook of Environmental Engineering ((HEE,volume 8))

Abstract

Trickling filter consists of a fixed biological bed of rock media or plastic media on which wastewater is applied for aerobic biological treatment. Biological slimes form on the media which assimilate and oxidize substances in the wastewater. This chapter introduces the historical development, recent advances, principles, applicability, microbiology, ecology, models, types, design criteria, and case studies of this attached-growth trickling filter process.

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This chapter is updated based on the first edition (1), which was originally written by Drs. Mu Hao Sung Wang, Lawrence K. Wang and Calvin P. C. Poon. Dr. Mu Hao Sung Wang will coauthor the chapter again in next edition.

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Wang, L.K., Wu, Z., Shammas, N.K. (2009). Trickling Filters. In: Wang, L.K., Pereira, N.C., Hung, YT. (eds) Biological Treatment Processes. Handbook of Environmental Engineering, vol 8. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-60327-156-1_9

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