Nitrification treatment of swine wastewater with acclimated nitrifying sludge immobilized in polymer pellets

Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 405-413

  Vanotti, M B ^a,b   Hunt, P G ^a,b  

^a ASAE ^*  (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammonia removal; Animal wastewater treatment; Immobilized nitrifiers; Nitrification; Nitrifying pellets; Swine lagoons

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATED LAGOON NITRIFYING SLUDGE; AMMONIA REMOVAL; ANIMAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT; IMMOBILIZED NITRIFIERS; NITRIFYING PELLETS; SWINE LAGOONS;

AERATION; ALKALINITY; AMMONIA; BATCH REACTOR; CONTINUOUS FLOW REACTOR; JAPAN; NITRIFICATION; POLYMER; SLUDGE CONDITIONING; SWINE; WASTE WATER TREATMENT; WASTE WATER;

ALKALINITY; AMMONIA; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIOFILMS; BIOREACTORS; CULTIVATION; MICROORGANISMS; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN REMOVAL; PH; POLYVINYL ALCOHOLS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

AGRICULTURAL WASTES;

AMMONIA; ANIMAL WASTE; NITRIFICATION; POLYMER; SEWAGE TREATMENT;

EID: 0034162987     PISSN: 00012351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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