Effect of backwashing on perchlorate removal in fixed bed biofilm reactors

Water Research

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1949-1959

  Choi, Young Chul ^a   Li, Xu ^a   Raskin, Lutgarde ^a   Morgenroth, Eberhard ^a,b  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Backwash; Competing electron acceptor; Fixed bed biofilm reactor; Oxygen; Perchlorate

Indexed keywords

BIOFILMS; BIOREACTORS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); OXYGEN;

COMPETING ELECTRON ACCEPTOR; DISSOLVED OXYGEN (DO); FIXED BED BIOFILM REACTOR; PERCHLORATE;

WASTE TREATMENT;

DISSOLVED OXYGEN; DRINKING WATER; GROUND WATER; PERCHLORATE;

BIOFILMS; BIOREACTORS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); OXYGEN; WASTE TREATMENT;

BIOFILM; BIOREACTOR; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; EFFLUENT; ELECTRON; PERCHLORATE; REMOVAL EXPERIMENT;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BIOFILM REACTOR; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ELECTRON; FIXED BED REACTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOICHIOMETRY; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 34047092283     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2007.01.025     Document Type: Article

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