Load maximization of a liquid-solid circulating fluidized bed bioreactor for nitrogen removal from synthetic municipal wastewater

Chemosphere

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 807-815

  Chowdhury, Nabin ^a   Nakhla, George ^a   Zhu, Jesse ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anoxic aerobic column; Biofilm; Nitrification denitrification; Yield

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC COLUMNS; SYNTHETIC MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER;

BIOFILMS; BIOREACTORS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DENITRIFICATION; NITROGEN REMOVAL; NUTRIENTS; OPTIMIZATION; WASTEWATER;

FLUIDIZED BEDS;

NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

BIOFILMS; BIOREACTORS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DENITRIFICATION; FLUIDIZED BEDS; NITROGEN REMOVAL; NUTRIENTS; OPTIMIZATION; WASTEWATER;

AMMONIUM; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIOFILM; BIOMASS; BIOREACTOR; DENITRIFICATION; EFFLUENT; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIOFILM; DENITRIFICATION; DISSOCIATION; EFFLUENT; FLUIDIZED BED REACTOR; LAVA ROCK; LIQUID; LIQUID SOLID FLUIDIZED BED BIOREACTOR; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; NITRIFICATION; OXIDATION; ROCK; SOLID; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

BIOFILMS; BIOREACTORS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, ION EXCHANGE; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; PHOSPHORUS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

EID: 39849108915     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2007.11.070     Document Type: Article

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