A simple model describing nitrate and nitrite reduction in fluidized bed biological reactors

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 543-548

  Brosilow, Benjamin J ^a   Schnitzer, Michael ^a   Tarre, Sheldon ^a   Green, Michal ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

biofilm reactor; dentrification; fluidized bed reactor; nitrate; nitrite

Indexed keywords

BIOFILMS; DENITRIFICATION; FLUIDIZED BEDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NITRATES; REACTION KINETICS;

FLUIDIZED BED BIOLOGICAL REACTOR;

BIOREACTORS;

NITRATE; NITRITE;

ARTICLE; BIOREACTOR; CALCULATION; FLUIDIZED BED; REDUCTION;

EID: 0343145607     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0290(19970620)54:6<543::AID-BIT5>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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