Characterization of denitrifying granular sludge treating soft groundwater in an upflow sludge-blanket reactor

Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 373-377

  Bhatti, Zafar Iqbal ^a   Sumida, Kenko ^a   Rouse, Joseph D ^a   Furukawa, Kenji ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Denitrification; Granular sludge; Loading rate; Nitrate; Upflow sludge blanket reactor; USB

Indexed keywords

BIOREACTORS; CARBOHYDRATES; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DENITRIFICATION; ETHANOL; GRANULAR MATERIALS; GROUNDWATER; MAGNESIUM PRINTING PLATES; NUCLEIC ACIDS; POLYMERS; PROTEINS;

HYDRAULIC RETENTION;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ALCOHOL; CARBOHYDRATE; CARBON; GROUND WATER; MAGNESIUM; NITRATE; NUCLEIC ACID; POLYMER; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; DENITRIFICATION; REACTOR; SLUDGE; SLUDGE DRYING; VOLUMETRY; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 0034996644     PISSN: 13891723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1389-1723(01)80154-7     Document Type: Article

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