Biological nitrogen removal from coke plant wastewater with external carbon addition

Water Environment Research

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1090-1095

  Lee, Min Woo ^a   Park, Jong Moon ^a,b  

^a Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

^b Research Institute of Industrial Science and Technology (RIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Biological nitrogen removal system; Carbon addition; Coke plant wastewater; Denitrification; Nitrification; System stability

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CARBON; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CYANIDES; DENITRIFICATION; NITRIFICATION; OXIDATION; PHENOLS; SODIUM COMPOUNDS; STABILITY; TOXIC MATERIALS; WASTEWATER;

BIOLOGICAL NITROGEN REMOVAL; TOXIC COMPOUNDS;

BIOLOGICAL SEWAGE TREATMENT;

ACETIC ACID; AMMONIA; CARBON; CYANIDE; NITROGEN; PHENOL; TOXIC SUBSTANCE;

NITROGEN; REMOVAL; WASTEWATER;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; COKING INDUSTRY; DENITRIFICATION; NITRIFICATION; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTOR; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

GADUS MORHUA;

EID: 0010585923     PISSN: 10614303     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2175/106143098X123444     Document Type: Article

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