Nitrogen removal from on-site treated anaerobic effluents using intermittently aerated moving bed biofilm reactors at low temperatures

Water Research

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1607-1615

  Luostarinen, Sari ^a   Luste, Sami ^a   Valentín, Lara ^b   Rintala, Jukka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Aerobic post treatment; Anaerobic pre treatment; Denitrification; Intermittent aeration; Low temperature; Moving bed biofilm reactor; Nitrification; Nitrogen removal; On site

Indexed keywords

BIOFILMS; BIOREACTORS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DENITRIFICATION; EFFLUENTS; NITRIFICATION; SEWAGE AERATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

AEROBIC POST-TREATMENT; ANAEROBIC PRE-TREATMENT; INTERMITTENT AERATION; LOW TEMPERATURE; MOVING BED BIOFILM REACTOR; ON-SITE;

NITROGEN REMOVAL;

CARBON; NITROGEN;

BIOFILMS; BIOREACTORS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DENITRIFICATION; EFFLUENTS; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN REMOVAL; SEWAGE AERATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

AERATION; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIOFILM; BIOREACTOR; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DENITRIFICATION; DOMESTIC WASTE; EFFLUENT; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM REACTOR; LOW TEMPERATURE; NITRIFICATION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLUDGE TREATMENT; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 33646103142     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2006.02.022     Document Type: Article

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