Combined removal of sulfur compounds and nitrate by autotrophic denitrification in bioaugmented activated sludge system

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 551-560

  Manconi, I ^a,b   Carucci, A ^a   Lens, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bioaugmentation; Denitrification; Sulfide removal; Thiobacillus

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; DENITRIFICATION; NITRATES; STOICHIOMETRY; WASTEWATER;

AUTOTROPHIC DENITRIFICATION; BIOAUGMENTATION; SULFIDE REMOVAL; THIOBACILLUS DENITRIFICANS;

SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

NITRATE; SULFIDE; SULFUR DERIVATIVE; THIOSULFATE;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; AUTOTROPHY; DENITRIFICATION; HEAVY METAL REMOVAL; OXIDATION; STOICHIOMETRY; THIOBACILLUS DENITRIFICANS; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOREACTORS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NITRATES; SEWAGE; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; THIOBACILLUS; WATER POLLUTANTS; WATER PURIFICATION;

THIOBACILLUS; THIOBACILLUS DENITRIFICANS;

EID: 35048899784     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: 10970290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bit.21383     Document Type: Article

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