Nitrate and nitrite reduction of a sulphide-rich environment

Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 213-220

  Percheron, Gilles ^a   Michaud, Sébastien ^a   Bernet, Nicolas ^a   Moletta, René ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DE BIOTECHNOLOGIE DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Chemodenitrification; Denitrification; Nitrate; Nitrite; Redox potential; Sulphide

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMICAL REACTORS; DENITRIFICATION; MOLASSES; NITRATES; NITROGEN OXIDES; REDOX REACTIONS; SEWAGE SLUDGE; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

CHEMODENITRIFICATION; CONTINUOUSLY STIRRED BATCH REACTORS; NITRITE;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION;

AMMONIA; CARBON; FERRIC ION; FERROUS ION; MOLASSES; NITRATE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRITE; NITROGEN OXIDE; NITROUS OXIDE; SULFIDE; SULFUR;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DENITRIFICATION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL; SLUDGE; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0032128439     PISSN: 02682575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4660(199807)72:3<213::AID-JCTB901>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Article

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