DEAMOX-New biological nitrogen removal process based on anaerobic ammonia oxidation coupled to sulphide-driven conversion of nitrate into nitrite

Water Research

Volumn 40, Issue 19, 2006, Pages 3637-3645

  Kalyuzhnyi, Sergey ^a   Gladchenko, Marina ^a   Mulder, Arnold ^b   Versprille, Bram ^c  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b Amecon   (Netherlands)

^c Biothane Systems International   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anammox; Autotrophic denitrification; DEAMOX; Nitrogen removal; Sulphide

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BIOFILMS; BIOREACTORS; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; NITRATES; NITROGEN; NITROGEN REMOVAL;

ANAMMOX; AUTOTROPHIC DENITRIFICATION; DENITRIFYING AMMONIUM OXIDATION (DEAMOX); SULPHIDES;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

AMMONIA; NITRATE; NITRITE; NITROGEN; NITROGEN DERIVATIVE;

AMMONIA; BIOFILMS; BIOREACTORS; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; NITRATES; NITROGEN; NITROGEN REMOVAL; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

AMMONIA; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIOFILM; BIOLOGICAL METHOD; NITRATE; NITRITE; NITROGEN; OXIDATION; REMOVAL EXPERIMENT; SULFIDE;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CHEMICAL REACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENITRIFICATION; DENITRIFYING AMMONIUM OXIDATION; ELECTRON; LABORATORY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS TECHNOLOGY; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; STOICHIOMETRY; TECHNIQUE; UPFLOW REACTOR; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 33749536397     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2006.06.010     Document Type: Article

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