Biological denitrification of reverse osmosis brine concentrates: I. Batch reactor and chemostat studies

Journal of Environmental Engineering and Science

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 503-518

  Ersever, Ilknur ^a   Ravindran, Varadarajan ^a   Pirbazari, Massoud ^a  

^a University of Southern California ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Batch reactor; Brine concentrate; Chemostat; Denitrification; Fluidized bed adsorber reactor; Granular activated carbon; Nitrification; Reverse osmosis; Sand; Sulfate reduction

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; BATCH REACTORS; CHEMOSTATS; DENITRIFICATION; NITRIFICATION; OPTIMIZATION; PURIFICATION; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SAND; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

BRINE CONCENTRATES; FLUIDIZED BED ADSORBER REACTORS (FBAR); GRANULAR ACTIVATED CARBON; SULFATE REDUCTION;

SALINE WATER;

EID: 38349115940     PISSN: 14962551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/S07-021     Document Type: Article

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