A nitrification model for mineral-media trickling filters

Water and Environment Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 84-92

  Pearce, P ^a   Williams, S ^a  

^a THAMES WATER UTILITIES LTD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biological filtration; Mineral media; Modelling; Nitrification; Trickling filters

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); EFFLUENTS; NITRIFICATION; TRICKLING FILTRATION;

MINERAL MEDIA TRICKLING FILTERS;

BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT;

AMMONIA; MINERAL; NITROGEN;

NITRIFICATION; SEWAGE TREATMENT; TRICKLING FILTER;

ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; EFFLUENT; NITRIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEWAGE TREATMENT; TRICKLING FILTER; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0032935905     PISSN: 17476585     EISSN: 17476593     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-6593.1999.tb01013.x     Document Type: Article

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