Comparison of Methanol, Ethanol, and Methane as Electron Donors for Denitrification

Environmental Engineering Science

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 313-320

  Gavazza Dos Santos, Savia ^a   Amâncio Varesche, Maria Bernadete ^a   Zaiat, Marcelo ^a   Foresti, Eugenio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Denitrification; Ethanol; Kinetics; Methane; Methanol

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; ETHANOL; METHANE; METHANOL; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; REACTION KINETICS; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS; WASTEWATER;

SYNTHETIC WASTEWATERS;

DENITRIFICATION;

ALCOHOL; METHANE; METHANOL; NITRATE; NITRITE; NITROGEN;

DENITRIFICATION; ETHANOL; METHANE; METHANOL; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; BATCH REACTOR; CHEMICAL REACTION; DENITRIFICATION; DOMESTIC WASTE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; FED BATCH REACTOR; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KINETICS; MODEL; NITRIFICATION; REACTION ANALYSIS; SEWAGE EFFLUENT; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT; SIMULATION; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 2342466263     PISSN: 10928758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/109287504323066950     Document Type: Article

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