Drinking water denitrification in a fixed bed packed biofilm reactor

Turkish Journal of Engineering and Environmental Sciences

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 39-45

  Pekdemir, Turgay ^a   Kaçmazoglu, Emine Kuru ^a   Kesknler, Bülent Kesknler ^a   Algur, Ömer Faruk ^a  

^a ATATÜRK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Active carbon; Attached growth; Biofilm denitrification; Fixed bed; Paracoccus denitrificans

Indexed keywords

DENITRIFICATION; FEED SOLUTION NITRATE CONTENT; FIXED BED PACKED BIOFILM; PARACOCCUS DENITRIFICANS; WATER;

ACTIVATED CARBON TREATMENT; BIOREACTORS; CONTAMINATION; NITRATES; POTABLE WATER;

ACTIVE CARBON; BIOFILM REACTOR; FEED SOLUTION FLOW RATE; FEED SOLUTION NITRATE CONTENT; FIXED BED; PARACOCCUS DENITRIFICANS;

DENITRIFICATION;

BIOFILM; DENITRIFICATION; WATER;

EID: 0031876046     PISSN: 13000160     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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