Nitrification of fertilizer wastewaters in a biofilm reactor

Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 229-238

  Çeçen, Ferhan ^a,b   Orak, Elvan ^a  

^a BOGAZICI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Biofilm; Fertilizer wastes; Nitrification; Nitrite; Submerged filter

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BIOFILMS; BIOMASS; BIOREACTORS; FERTILIZERS; GLUCOSE; WASTEWATER; YEAST;

AMMONIA REMOVAL RATE; BIOFILM REACTORS; DISSOLVED OXYGEN LEVELS; FERTILIZER WASTES; NITRIFIERS; NITRITE ACCUMULATION; SUBMERGED AERATED FILTER;

NITRIFICATION;

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICAL; AMMONIA; CARBON; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; FERTILIZER; GLUCOSE; NITRITE;

AERATION; ARTICLE; BIOFILM; BIOMASS; BIOREACTOR; NITRIFICATION; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; YEAST;

BIOFILM; FERTILIZER; NITRIFICATION; REACTORS; WASTE WATER;

EID: 0030088335     PISSN: 02682575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4660(199603)65:3<229::AID-JCTB429>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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