Effect of nitrate on acetate degradation in a sulfidogenic staged reactor

Water Research

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 31-42

  Lens, P N L ^a   Sipma, J ^a   Hulshoff Pol, L W ^a   Lettinga, G ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acetate; Baffled reactor; Denitrification; Granular sludge; Staging; Sulfate reduction

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; NITRATE;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; BIOREACTOR; DEGRADATION; DENITRIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION;

CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMICAL REACTORS; COMPOSITION EFFECTS; DEGRADATION; DENITRIFICATION; GRANULAR MATERIALS; NITRATES; PH EFFECTS; REDUCTION; SEWAGE SLUDGE; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

ACETATE; SULFATE;

CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT);

EID: 0033622676     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1354(99)00132-3     Document Type: Article

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