Fixed bed biological aerated filtration for secondary effluent polishing - Effect of filtration rate on nitrifying biological activity distribution

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 187-195

  Wijeyekoon, S ^a   Mino, T ^a   Satoh, H ^a   Matsuo, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adenosine triphosphate (ATP); Biological activity; Filtration rate; Fixed bed biological aerated filtration; INT dehydrogenase activity; Nitrification

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; BIOFILMS; BIOMASS; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); EFFLUENTS; FILTRATION; NITRIFICATION; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; OXIDATION; SUBSTRATES; WASTEWATER;

BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY DISTRIBUTION; FILTRATION RATE; FIXED BED BIOLOGICAL AERATED FILTRATION; HETEROTROPHIC ACTIVITY; SECONDARY EFFLUENT POLISHING; TERTIARY TREATMENT;

FILTERS (FOR FLUIDS);

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; AMMONIA; NITROGEN; OXIDOREDUCTASE;

BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; FILTRATION; FIXED BED;

AERATION; ARTICLE; BIOFILM; BIOMASS; EFFLUENT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FILTRATION; NITRIFICATION; NONHUMAN; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0033973941     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2000.0028     Document Type: Article

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