Overcoming oxygen limitations in membrane-attached biofilms - Investigation of flux and diffusivity in an anoxic biofilm

Water Research

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1530-1541

  Emanuelsson, E A C ^a   Livingston, A G ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Denitrifying; Diffusion; Mass transfer; Membrane; Toluene A

Indexed keywords

BIOFILMS; DIFFUSION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEMBRANES;

ANOXIC BIOFILMS; SODIUM AZIDE;

OXYGEN;

NITRATE; OXYGEN; SODIUM AZIDE; TOLUENE; TRACER;

BIODEGRADATION; BIOFILM; BIOREACTOR; MEMBRANE; OXYGEN; TOLUENE;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; DENITRIFICATION; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; ELECTRON; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEMBRANE TECHNOLOGY; MOLECULE; OXYGEN TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL; WATER POLLUTION INDICATOR;

EID: 1542316882     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2003.11.035     Document Type: Article

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