Coupled nitrification-denitrification processes in a mixed culture of coimmobilized cells: Analysis and experiment

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 51, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 2327-2336

  Tartakovsky, B ^a   Kotlar, E ^a   Sheintuch, M ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CELL IMMOBILIZATION; DENITRIFICATION; GROWTH KINETICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NITRATES; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; OXIDATION; PH EFFECTS;

ALGINATE GEL PELLETS; AMMONIUM; BIOLOGICAL PROCESS; COIMMOBILIZED CELLS; MIXED CULTURE; NITRIFIERS;

CELL CULTURE;

DENITRIFICATION; NITRIFICATION; WASTE WATER;

EID: 0030131278     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0009-2509(96)00089-9     Document Type: Article

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