Pre-denitrification and pre- and post-denitrification treatment of high-ammonia landfill leachate

Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 854-863

  Shiskowski, D M ^a   Mavinic, D S ^b  

^a Associated Engineering Ltd   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ammonia N; Anoxic denitrification; Leachate treatment; Nitrification; Pre denitrification

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; DENITRIFICATION; INORGANIC NITROGEN; LANDFILL; SLUDGE;

AMMONIA; CLARIFIERS; DENITRIFICATION; EFFLUENTS; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN OXIDES; NITROGEN REMOVAL; RECYCLING;

ANOXIC DENITRIFICATION; SOLIDS RETENTION TIME;

LEACHATE TREATMENT;

BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT; LANDFILL; LEACHATE; NITROGEN; REMOVAL;

EID: 0032194343     PISSN: 03151468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/l98-018     Document Type: Article

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