Comparison of influence of free ammonia and dissolved oxygen on nitrate accumulation between suspended and attached cells

Environmental Technology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 21-33

  Chung, J ^a   Shim, H ^b   Lee, Y W ^c   Bae, W ^d  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MACAU   (Macao)

^c Samsung Engineering Co Ltd   (South Korea)

^d Hanyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Dissolved oxygen; Free ammonia; Maximum specific substrate utilization rate; Shortcut biological nitrogen removal

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; AMMONIA; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; DENITRIFICATION; DISSOLUTION; HYBRID SYSTEMS; NITRATION; NITROGEN REMOVAL; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

BIOLOGICAL NITROGEN REMOVAL; DISSOLVED OXYGEN CONCENTRATIONS; FREE AMMONIA; INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY; LIVESTOCK WASTEWATER; NITRATE ACCUMULATION; NITRITE ACCUMULATION; SPECIFIC SUBSTRATES;

DISSOLVED OXYGEN;

AMMONIA; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; NITRITE; NITROGEN;

AMMONIA; BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT; DENITRIFICATION; DISSOLVED GAS; NITROGEN; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; BIOREACTOR; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CARBON SOURCE; CELL ADHESION; CELL SUSPENSION; CELL TYPE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DENITRIFICATION; HYBRID CELL; LIVESTOCK; NITRIFICATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THEORETICAL STUDY; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

EID: 14944381512     PISSN: 09593330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09593332608618587     Document Type: Article

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