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<journal-id>1680-0338</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Ingeniería Hidráulica y Ambiental]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[riha]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1680-0338</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Centro de Investigaciones Hidráulicas (CIH). Facultad de Ingeniería Civil. Universidad Tecnológica de La Habana "José A. Hecheverría" CUJAE]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S1680-03382018000300097</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Los procesos biológicos de tratamiento de aguas residuales desde una visión no convencional]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[The Biological processes of wastewater treatment from a non-conventional vision]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Menéndez Gutiérrez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Carlos]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Dueñas Moreno]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Jaime]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Tecnológica de La Habana José Antonio Echeverría Facultad de Ingeniería Química Centro de Estudios de Ingeniería de Procesos]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ La Habana]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Instituto Politécnico Nacional Escuela Superior de Ingeniería Química e Industrias Extractivas ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Colonia Zacatenco Ciudad de México]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2018</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2018</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>39</volume>
<numero>3</numero>
<fpage>97</fpage>
<lpage>107</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1680-03382018000300097&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1680-03382018000300097&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1680-03382018000300097&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN La demanda bioquímica de oxígeno (DBO) es una variable muy empleada en la caracterización de las aguas residuales. La misma permite conocer la cantidad de materia orgánica que los microorganismos son capaces de degradar en un tratamiento biológico. Por otra parte, la demanda química de oxígeno (DQO) también muy utilizada en las caracterizaciones, a diferencia de la primera, posibilita conocer tanto la concentración de las fracciones biodegradables como las no biodegradables de la materia orgánica, incluyendo la de aquellos compuestos inorgánicos que puedan ser oxidados químicamente. La DQO es empleada como variable de uso muy extendido actualmente para definir el material carbónico, sea biodegradable o no, presente en un agua residual. El objetivo del presente trabajo es mostrar una visión no convencional desde la perspectiva actual en el tratamiento de aguas residuales por procesos biológicos.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT The biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) is very frequently used in wastewaters characterization. It allows to know the amount of organic matter that can be degraded by microorganisms in a biological wastewater treatment. However with the chemical oxygen demand (COD) it is possible to know the biodegradable and non-biodegradable fractions including those inorganic compounds that can be chemically oxidized. The COD is commonly used as a variable to define the carbonic material (biodegradable or non-biodegradable), present in wastewaters. The objective of this paper is to show a non-conventional vision from an actual perspective in the wastewater treatment by biological processes.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[biodegradable]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[demanda bioquímica de oxígeno]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[demanda química de oxígeno]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[no biodegradable]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[procesos biológicos]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[biodegradable]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[biochemical oxygen demand]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[chemical oxygen demand]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[non-biodegradable]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[biological processes]]></kwd>
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