Inorganic carbon limitations on nitrification: Experimental assessment and modelling

Water Research

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 277-286

  Guisasola, Albert ^a   Petzet, Sebastian ^a   Baeza, Juan A ^a   Carrera, Julián ^a   Lafuente, Javier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Inorganic carbon limitation; Modelling; Nitrification; Respirometry; Titrimetry

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NITRIFICATION; REACTION KINETICS;

INORGANIC CARBON LIMITATION; NITRITE OXIDIZING BIOMASS (NOB); RESPIROMETRY; TITRIMETRY;

WATER TREATMENT;

CARBON; INORGANIC COMPOUND;

BIOMASS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NITRIFICATION; REACTION KINETICS; WATER TREATMENT;

AMMONIA; ASSESSMENT METHOD; AUTOTROPHY; BIOMASS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; INORGANIC CARBON; NITRIFICATION; NITRITE; SIMULATION;

ARTICLE; AUTOTROPHY; BIOMASS CONVERSION; CARBON SOURCE; MOLECULAR MODEL; NITRIFICATION; OXYGEN CONCENTRATION; PHASE SEPARATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; TITRIMETRY;

EID: 33845564536     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2006.10.030     Document Type: Article

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