High concentrations ammonia removal by the cyanobacterium Plectonema boryanum in a photobioreactor system

Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 99-106

  Prakash, Anand ^a   Margaritis, Argyrios ^a   Saunders, Richard C ^a   Vijayan, Sivaraman ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b ATOMIC ENERGY OF CANADA LIMITED   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ammonia removal; Cyanobaterium; Photobioreactor; Plectonema boryanum

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT; FED BATCH REACTOR; PHOTOBIOREACTOR; PLECTONEMA BORYANUM; WASTE WATER TREATMENT;

AMMONIA; BACTERIA; BIOLOGICAL SEWAGE TREATMENT; BIOREACTORS; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); PH EFFECTS; SOLUTIONS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

PHOTOBIOREACTORS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

AMMONIA; BACTERIUM; BIOREACTOR; PHOTOREACTOR; REMOVAL;

EID: 0033079603     PISSN: 00084034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cjce.5450770116     Document Type: Article

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