Operation of a SHARON nitritation reactor: Practical implications from a theoretical study

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 145-154

  Volcke, Eveline I P ^a   Loccufier, Mia ^a   Noldus, E J L ^a   Vanrolleghem, Peter A ^a,b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Nitrification; Stability analysis; Steady states; System analysis; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; BIOREACTORS; NITROGEN REMOVAL; PH EFFECTS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; THERMAL EFFECTS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

DILUTION RATE; NITRITATION;

NITRIFICATION;

AMMONIA; NITRATE; NITRITE;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; BIOREACTORS; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN REMOVAL; PH EFFECTS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; THERMAL EFFECTS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

AMMONIUM; BIOREACTOR; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DILUTION; NITRIFICATION; STEADY-STATE EQUILIBRIUM; THEORETICAL STUDY; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DILUTION; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MICROBIAL GROWTH; MICROBIAL KINETICS; NITRIFICATION; NITRITATION REACTOR; PH MEASUREMENT; PROCESS DESIGN; REACTOR; STEADY STATE; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THEORETICAL STUDY; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

BIOREACTORS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NITRITES; TEMPERATURE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

EID: 35948959082     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2007.591     Document Type: Article

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