Stimulating biological nitrification via electrolytic oxygenation

Journal of Environmental Engineering

Volumn 131, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1607-1613

  Goel, Ramesh ^a   Flora, Joseph R V ^b  

^a Wisconsin Electric Machines and Power Electronics Consortium   (United States)

^b The Department of Mechanical Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Aeration; Biological treatment; Nitrification; Oxygenation; Reactors; Simulation; Water treatment

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; BIOREACTORS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CURRENT DENSITY; DENITRIFICATION; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTROLYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NITRIFICATION;

BIOLOGICAL NITRIFICATION; BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT; ELECTROLYTIC OXYGENATION;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT; BIOREACTOR; NITRIFICATION; WASTEWATER;

EID: 27644476210     PISSN: 07339372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9372(2005)131:11(1607)     Document Type: Article

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