Biological nitrogen removal from municipal landfill leachate in a pilot scale suspended carrier biofilm process

Water Research

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1564-1570

  Welander, U ^a   Henrysson, T ^a   Welander, T ^a,b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Ideon Science Park   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Denitrification; Landfill leachate; Nitrification; Suspended carrier

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; BIOFILMS; BIOREACTORS; CARBON; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DENITRIFICATION; METHANOL; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN REMOVAL; TEMPERATURE;

AERATED REACTORS; ANOXIC REACTOR; SUSPENDED CARRIER; VOLUMETRIC NITRIFICATION RATE;

LEACHATE TREATMENT;

NITROGEN; ORGANIC MATTER;

BIOFILM; LEACHATE; NITROGEN; REMOVAL; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; BIOREACTOR; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DENITRIFICATION; LANDFILL; LEACHING; NITRIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

GADUS MORHUA;

EID: 0344625366     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1354(97)00351-5     Document Type: Article

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