Nitrate removal from water using cyclically operated fixed-film bio-denitrification reactors

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 34, Issue 1-2 -2 pt 1, 1996, Pages 331-338

  Dahab, M F ^a   Kalagiri, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Bio denitrification; Cyclic operation; Fixed film reactors; Nitrates; Nitrites; Nitrogen

Indexed keywords

BIOREACTORS; DENITRIFICATION; EFFLUENTS; NITRATES; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; POTABLE WATER; SOLUBILITY; WATER QUALITY;

BIODENITRIFICATION; CYCLIC OPERATION; FIXED FILM REACTORS; NITRITES; RESIDUAL ORGANICS;

CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT);

DRINKING WATER; NITRATE; NITRITE; ORGANIC COMPOUND;

BIOREACTOR; CONFERENCE PAPER; DENITRIFICATION; PRODUCTIVITY; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 0029757323     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0273-1223(96)00523-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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