Control of pH during denitrification using an encapsulated phosphate buffer

Water Research

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 2735-2745

  Vanukuru, Balasubramanyam ^a   Flora, Joseph R V ^a   Petrou, Michael F ^a   Marjorie Aelion, C ^b  

^a University of South Carolina   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Denitrification; Encapsulation; pH; Stochastic modeling

Indexed keywords

DENITRIFICATION; ENCAPSULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NITROGEN REMOVAL; PH; PHOSPHATES; POTASSIUM; RANDOM PROCESSES; REACTION KINETICS;

ACIDIC PHOSPHATE GRANULES; MICROCAPSULE MASS; PH CONTROL;

WATER TREATMENT;

BUFFER; PHOSPHATE; POTASSIUM;

ARTICLE; DENITRIFICATION; KINETICS; MICROCAPSULE; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOCHASTIC MODEL; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032171562     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1354(98)00040-2     Document Type: Article

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