Novel operational strategy for partial nitrification to nitrite in a sequencing batch rotating disk reactor

Biochemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 69-78

  Antileo, C ^a   Werner, A ^b   Ciudad, G ^a   Munoz C ^a   Bornhardt, C ^a   Jeison, D ^a   Urrutia, H ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA FRONTERA   (Chile)

^b TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

Author keywords

Batch processing; Biofilms; Control; Immobilization; Nitrite accumulation; SBR

Indexed keywords

BIOFILMS; CHEMICAL REACTORS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); NITRIFICATION; OXYGEN; SEWAGE SLUDGE;

BATCH PROCESSING; NITRITE ACCUMULATION; SLUDGE BLANKET REACTOR (SBR);

NITROGEN OXIDES;

AMMONIA; NITRITE; OXYGEN; RNA 16S; SODIUM CARBONATE;

AERATION; AMMONIA FORMATION; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIOFILM; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; DOT HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NITRIFICATION; NITROBACTER; NITROSOMONAS; NONHUMAN; ONLINE ANALYSIS; OXIDATION KINETICS; OXYGEN CONCENTRATION; PH MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS MONITORING; REACTOR OPERATION; SEQUENCING BATCH REACTOR; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

NITROBACTER SP.; NITROSOMONADALES; NITROSOMONAS SP.;

EID: 33750692774     PISSN: 1369703X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bej.2006.09.003     Document Type: Article

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