Nitrogen removal using combined ultracompact biofilm reactor-packed bed system

Journal of Environmental Engineering

Volumn 129, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 43-51

  Ong, S L ^a   Lee, L Y ^a   Hu, J Y ^a   Ng, W J ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Denitrification; Nitrification; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

BIOFILMS; BIOREACTORS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; NITRIFICATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND (COD);

DENITRIFICATION;

BIOFILM; DENITRIFICATION; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN; PACKED BED; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

GADUS MORHUA;

EID: 0037242895     PISSN: 07339372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9372(2003)129:1(43)     Document Type: Article

References (19)

1. Boller, M., Gujer, W., and Tschui, M. (1994). "Parameters affecting nitrifying biofilm reactors." Water Sci. Technol., 29(10/11), 1-11.
2. De Renzo, D. J. (1978). "Process chemistry and biochemistry of nitrification and denitrification." Nitrogen control and phosphorus removal in sewage treatment, Noyes Data Corporation, Park Ridge, N.J.
3. Eaton, A. D., Clesceri, L. S., and Greenberg, A. E. (1995). Standard methods for the examination of water and wastewater, 19th Ed. American Public Health Association, Washington, D.C.
4. Figueroa, L. A., and Silverstein, J. (1992). "The effect of particulate organic matter on biofilm nitrification." Water Environ. Res., 64(5), 728-733.
5. m: Effects of pH and temperature." Water Res., 28(12), 2561-2566.
6. Ilies, P., and Mavinic, P. (2001). "The effect of decreased ambient temperature on the biological nitrification and denitrification of a high ammonia landfill leachate." Water Res., 35(8), 2065-2072.
7. Jimenez, B., Noyola, A., and Capdeville, B. (1988). "Dextran blue colorant as a reliable tracer in submerged filters." Water Res., 22(10), 1253-1257.
8. Liu, Y. (1999). "Domestic sewage treatment by an ultra-compact biofilm reactor." M.Eng thesis, National Univ. of Singapore, Singapore.
9. Ong, S. L., Hu, J. Y., Lee, L. Y., Ng, W. J., and Song, L. F. (2001). "Packed bed columns for high rate nitrogen and carbon removals." Proc., Asian Waterqual 2001, Fukuoka City, Japan, 153-158.
10. Ong, S. L., Ng, W. J., and Lee, L. Y. (1998). "Morphological impact on nitrification activity in an UCBR." J. Chin. Inst. Env. Eng., 8, 295-299.
11. Rittmann, B. E., and McCarty, P. L. (2001). Environmental biotechnology: Principles and applications, McGraw-Hill, New York.
12. Sawyer, C. N., McCarty, P. L., and Parkin, G. F. (1994). Chemistry for environmental engineering, 4th Ed., McGraw-Hill International, Singapore.
13. Tijhuis, L., Rekswinkel, E., van Loosdrecht, M. C. M., and Heijnen, J. J. (1994). "Dynamics of population of biofilm structure in the biofilm airlift reactor for carbon and nitrogen removal." Water Sci. Technol., 29(10/11), 337-384.
14. Turk, O., and Mavinic, D. S. (1986). "Preliminary assessment of a short-cut in nitrogen removal from wastewater." Can. J. Civ. Eng., 13, 600-605.
15. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. (USEPA). (1993). Nitrogen control, Technomic, Lancaster, Pa.
16. van Benthum, W. A. J., Derissen, B. P., van Loosdrecht, M. C. M., and Heijnen, J. J. (1998). "Nitrogen removal using nitrifying biofilm growth and denitrifying suspended growth in a biofilm airlift suspension reactor coupled with a chemostat." Water Res., 32(7), 2009-2018.
17. van Benthum, W. A. J., van Loosdrecht, M. C. M., and Heijnen, J. J. (1997). "Process design for nitrogen removal using nitrifying biofilm and denitrifying suspended growth in a biofilm airlift suspension reactor." Water Sci. Technol., 36(1), 119-128.
18. Yang, L., and Alleman, J. E. (1992). "Investigation of batchwise nitrite build-up by an enriched nitrification culture." Water Sci. Technol., 26(5/6), 995-1005.
19. Yu, J. (1997). "Study of ultra-compact biofilm reactors for nitrogen removal." MEng. thesis, National Univ. of Singapore,