An approach to the measurement of decay, active fraction of biomass and extracellular polymeric substances: Applied to hydrogen-driven denitrification

Environmental Technology

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1335-1341

  Rezania, B ^a   Oleszkiewicz, J A ^a   Cicek, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Active biomass; Decay coefficient; Endogenous respiration; Extracellular polymeric substances (EPS); Yield coefficient

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; DECAY (ORGANIC); DENITRIFICATION; HYDROGEN;

ACTIVE BIOMASS; DECAY COEFFICIENTS; ENDOGENOUS RESPIRATION; EXTRACELLULAR POLYMERIC SUBSTANCES; YIELD COEFFICIENT;

POLYMERS;

HYDROGEN; POLYMER;

BIOMASS; DECAY (ORGANIC); DENITRIFICATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POLYMERS;

BIOMASS; DENITRIFICATION; HYDROGEN; POLYMER;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENITRIFICATION; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; STEADY STATE; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 33846166402     PISSN: 09593330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09593332708618751     Document Type: Article

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