Organic and nitrogen removal in a two-stage rotating biological contactor treating municipal wastewater

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 91-98

  Hiras, Demetrios N ^a   Manariotis, Ioannis D ^a   Grigoropoulos, Sotirios G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Municipal wastewater; Nitrogen removal; Predenitrification; Rotating biological contactor

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; NITROGEN REMOVAL;

HYDRAULIC LOADING; ROTATING BIOLOGICAL CONTRACTOR (RBC);

WATER TREATMENT;

NITROGEN; ORGANIC COMPOUND; OXYGEN;

BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT; MUNICIPAL WASTE; NITROGEN; ORGANIC MATTER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIOLOGY; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DENITRIFICATION; EFFLUENT; EVALUATION; LABORATORY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECYCLING; ROTATION; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

GADUS MORHUA;

EID: 1342286921     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2003.06.005     Document Type: Article

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