Potentials and limits of a pre-denitrification/nitrification biofilter configuration for advanced municipal wastewater treatment

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 55, Issue 8-9, 2007, Pages 115-123

  Rother, Elmar ^a   Cornel, P ^b  

^a EVONIK INDUSTRIES AG   (Germany)

^b DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biofiltration; Denitrification; Municipal wastewater treatment; Nitrification

Indexed keywords

BIOFILTERS; BIOFILTRATION; CARBON; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DENITRIFICATION; NITRIFICATION; REMOVAL;

NITRIFICATION RATES; PRE-DENITRIFICATION;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

AMMONIA; CARBON; NITRATE; NITROGEN;

BIOFILTERS; BIOFILTRATION; CARBON; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DENITRIFICATION; NITRIFICATION; REMOVAL; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

BIOFILTRATION; DENITRIFICATION; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

BIODEGRADATION; BIOFILTER; BIOFILTRATION; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONFERENCE PAPER; DENITRIFICATION; NITRIFICATION; PROCESS TECHNOLOGY; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER RECYCLING; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

BIOREACTORS; FILTRATION; NITRATES; NITROGEN; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 34249729887     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2007.249     Document Type: Conference Paper

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