Biological nitrification kinetics in a fixed-film reactor

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 41-48

  Hamoda, M F ^a   Zeidan, M O ^b   Al Haddad, A A ^b  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Fixed film reactor; Nitrification; Organic removal; Process kinetics; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CARBON; NITROGEN;

ARTICLE; BIOREACTOR; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; NITRIFICATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

BIOREACTORS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; REACTION KINETICS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

BIOLOGICAL NITRIFICATION KINETICS; FIXED-FILM REACTOR; ORGANIC REMOVAL;

NITRIFICATION;

BIOREACTORS; NITRIFICATION; WASTE WATER;

EID: 0030251069     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-8524(96)00082-X     Document Type: Article

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