Effects of organic matter on the conversion rates of nitrogenous compounds in a channel reactor under various flow conditions

Water Research

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 891-899

  Leu, Horng Guang ^a   Lee, Chin Dee ^a   Ouyang, C F ^a   Tseng, Hua Tan ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Channel reactor; Conversion rate; Flow conditions; Hydrodynamic; Mixed film; Nitrogen conversion; Organic matter

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DENITRIFICATION; LAMINAR FLOW; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN REMOVAL; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; TURBULENT FLOW;

CHANNEL REACTOR; CONVERSION RATES; FLOW CONDITIONS; ORGANIC MATTER;

NITROGEN COMPOUNDS;

AMMONIA; GLUCOSE; NITRATE; NITRITE; NITROGEN; NITROGEN DERIVATIVE; ORGANIC MATTER; WATER;

ARTICLE; BIOREACTOR; DENITRIFICATION; FLOW; FLOW RATE; NITRIFICATION; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032030570     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1354(97)00224-8     Document Type: Article

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