Biological denitrification of reverse osmosis brine concentrates: II. Fluidized bed adsorber reactor studies

Journal of Environmental Engineering and Science

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 519-532

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

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

Author keywords

Brine concentrate; Denitrification; Fluidized bioadsorber reactor; Granular activated carbon; Nitrification; Reverse osmosis; Sand; Sulfate reduction

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; CHEMOSTATS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DENITRIFICATION; FLUIDIZED BEDS; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN; REMOVAL; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SAND;

BIOLOGICAL DENITRIFICATION; BRINE CONCENTRATES; FLUIDIZED BED ADSORBER REACTORS; GRANULAR ACTIVATED CARBON; SULFATE REDUCTION;

SALINE WATER;

EID: 38349165307     PISSN: 14962551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/S07-009     Document Type: Article

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