Monitoring denitrification by pH-stat titration

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 368-377

  Ficara, Elena ^a   Canziani, Roberto ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Denitrification; Denitrification potential; Monitoring; Nitrate; pH stat; Titration

Indexed keywords

BATCH REACTORS; BIOMASS; DENITRIFICATION; PH; STOICHIOMETRY; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

BIOLOGICAL HETEROTROPHIC DENITRIFICATION; PH-STAT TITRATION; PROTON PRODUCTION; STOICHIOMETRIC RATIO;

TITRATION;

NITRATE;

ARTICLE; BATCH REACTOR; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BIOMASS; CALIBRATION; DENITRIFICATION; PH MEASUREMENT; SLUDGE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TITRIMETRY;

BIOREACTORS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY; NITRATES; SEWAGE; TITRIMETRY; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 34948843040     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: 10970290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bit.21406     Document Type: Article

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