Autotrophic denitrification with elemental sulphur in small-scale wastewater treatment facilities

Environmental Technology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 201-209

  Kuai, L ^a   Verstraete, W ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Autotrophic denitrification; Domestic wastewater; Heterotrophic denitrification; Small scale; Sulphur oxidizing

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; CALCIUM CARBONATE; DENITRIFICATION; EFFLUENTS; LIME; LIMESTONE; NITROGEN REMOVAL; RECLAMATION; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS; SULFUR; TRICKLING FILTRATION;

AUTOTROPHIC DENITRIFICATION; AUTOTROPHIC DENITRIFICATION PROCESS; DOMESTIC WASTEWATER; HETEROTROPHIC DENITRIFICATION; HYDRAULIC RETENTION TIME; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS; SMALL SCALE; SMALL SCALE WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

LIMESTONE; NITRATE; NITROGEN; SULFUR;

DENITRIFICATION; SULFUR; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; DENITRIFICATION; EFFLUENT; TIME; TRICKLING FILTER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0033060192     PISSN: 09593330     EISSN: 1479487X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09593332008616809     Document Type: Article

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