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Record 1 2020-09-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Wastewater Treatment
  • Water Treatment (Water Supply)
CONT

Contact aeration is the generic term often applied to a treatment process using closely spaced, stationary, vertical plates, which are completely immersed in wastewater. Air is introduced beneath the plates to aerate the wastewater and help strip the excess biomass which develops on the plates.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traitement des eaux usées
  • Traitement des eaux

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tratamiento de aguas residuales
  • Tratamiento del agua
DEF

Tratamiento de aguas residuales mediante inyección de aire comprimido al paso de aquéllas por un depósito que contiene materiales porosos.

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