Ammonium removal from concentrated waste streams with the anaerobic ammonium oxidation (anammox) process in different reactor configurations

Water Research

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1955-1962

  Strous, Marc ^a   Van Gerven, Eric ^a   Zheng, Ping ^a,b   Kuenen, J Gijs ^a   Jetten, Mike S M ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Fixed bed; Fluidised bed; Nitrate; Nitrite; Nitrogen removal; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; BIOREACTORS; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); FLUIDIZED BEDS; NITRATES; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN REMOVAL; OXIDATION; SLUDGE DIGESTION;

ANAEROBIC AMMONIUM OXIDATION PROCESS; FIXED BED REACTORS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

AMMONIA; NITRITE;

ANAEROBIC PROCESSES; OXIDATION; REMOVAL; SLUDGE; WASTE WATER;

ARTICLE; DENITRIFICATION; EFFLUENT; NITRIFICATION; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLUDGE DIGESTION; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0031213876     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1354(97)00055-9     Document Type: Article

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