Removal of ammonium nitrogen from pretreated domestic sewage using a natural ion exchanger

Environmental Technology

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1321-1330

  Aiyuk, S ^a,b   Xu, H ^b   van Haandel, A ^c   Verstraete, W ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b INSTITUTE OF APPLIED ECOLOGY   (China)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINA GRANDE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chemical regeneration; Clinoptilolite; Ion selectivity; Nutrient removal; Sewage treatment

Indexed keywords

ION EXCHANGE; ION EXCHANGERS; NITROGEN; NITROGEN REMOVAL; POSITIVE IONS; SEWAGE; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SODIUM CHLORIDE; ZEOLITES;

CATION EXCHANGE CAPACITIES; CHEMICAL REGENERATION; CHEMICALLY ENHANCED PRIMARY TREATMENT; CLINOPTILOLITES; ION SELECTIVITY; NITRIFICATION-DENITRIFICATION; NUTRIENT REMOVAL; UPFLOW ANAEROBIC SLUDGE BLANKETS;

SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS;

AMMONIA; NITROGEN DERIVATIVE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; ZEOLITE;

AMMONIUM COMPOUND; ION EXCHANGE; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; REGENERATION; SEWAGE TREATMENT; ZEOLITE;

ARTICLE; CATION EXCHANGE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DENITRIFICATION; DETOXIFICATION; DOMESTIC WASTE; FLOW RATE; ION EXCHANGE; NITRIFICATION; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT; SLUDGE BLANKET REACTOR; SLUDGE DIGESTION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TROPIC CLIMATE; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 12344322693     PISSN: 09593330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09593332508618377     Document Type: Article

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