Denitrification of nitrate wastewater using packed-bed columns

Water Environment Research

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 388-393

  Lai, Yoke Lee ^a   Say, Leong Ong ^b   Wun, Jern Ng ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b Centre for Water Research   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Attached growth system; Denitrification; Nitrogen removal; Packed bed column; Synthetic nitrate wastewater

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DENITRIFICATION; NITRATES; PACKED BEDS; REACTION KINETICS; WATER QUALITY;

HALF ORDER REACTION KINETICS; NITRATE WASTEWATERS; PACKED BED COLUMNS; TOTAL NITROGEN (TN);

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

NITRATE; NITROGEN; OXYGEN;

DENITRIFICATION; PACKED BED; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; DENITRIFICATION; EFFLUENT; FEASIBILITY STUDY; PACKED BED REACTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; BIOREACTOR; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; SEWAGE; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANT;

GADUS MORHUA;

BIOREACTORS; NITRATES; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 16544389831     PISSN: 10614303     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2175/106143004X151653     Document Type: Article

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