Modelling the effect of oxygen concentration on nitrite accumulation in a biofilm airlift suspension reactor

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 147-156

  Picioreanu, C ^a   Van Loosdrecht, M C M ^b   Heijnen, J J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY POLITEHNICA OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Air lift reactor; Biofilm; Mathematical modelling; Nitrification; Nitrite accumulation; Orthogonal collocation

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; BIOFILMS; BIOREACTORS; DENITRIFICATION; DIFFUSION IN SOLIDS; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN OXIDES; OXYGEN; REACTION KINETICS;

BIOFILM AIRLIFT SUSPENSION (BAS) REACTOR; NITRITES;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

AMMONIA; NITRATE; NITRITE;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; DENITRIFICATION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NITRIFICATION; OXYGEN CONCENTRATION; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0030765511     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1223(97)00347-8     Document Type: Article

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