Nitrification activities in full-scale treatment plants with varying salt loads

Environmental Technology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 635-643

  Moussa, M S ^a   Garcia Fuentes, O ^a   Lubberding, H J ^a   Hooijmans, C M ^a   Van Loosdrecht, M C M ^b   Gijzen, H J ^a  

^a UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ammonia and nitrite oxidisers; Fish processing; Industrial wastewater treatment; Nitrification; Sodium chloride salt; Tannery

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; AMMONIA; INDUSTRIAL WATER TREATMENT; NITRIFICATION; SODIUM CHLORIDE; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE MODEL(ASM); FISH PROCESSING; INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT; NITRIFICATION ACTIVITY; NITRIFYING POPULATION; OPERATIONAL CONDITIONS; TANNERY; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS;

AMMONIA; NITRIC OXIDE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

AMMONIA; NITRIFICATION; SEWAGE SLUDGE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TANNING; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AMMONIA; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MODELING; NITRIFICATION; NITRITE; PARAMETERIZATION; SALT; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMESTIC WASTE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; NITRIFICATION; SALT LOADING; VALIDATION PROCESS; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

EID: 33745768659     PISSN: 09593330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09593332708618673     Document Type: Article

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