Nitrogen and organic matter removal from slaughterhouse wastewater in a lab-scale aerobic fixed-film bioreactor

Environmental Technology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 713-721

  Del Pozo, R ^a   Diez, V ^a   Salazar, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BURGOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Arranged media; Denitrification; Fixed film bioreactor; Nitrification; Slaughterhouse wastewater

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOCONVERSION; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOREACTORS; DENITRIFICATION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; EFFICIENCY; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN; NITROGEN REMOVAL; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

ARRANGED MEDIA; BIODEGRADABLE ORGANIC MATTER; DENITRIFICATION PROCESS; DISSOLVED OXYGEN CONCENTRATIONS; FIXED FILM; HETEROTROPHIC BACTERIAS; ORGANIC MATTER REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; SLAUGHTERHOUSE WASTEWATER;

CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT);

NITROGEN; ORGANIC MATTER; OXYGEN;

BIOREACTOR; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DENITRIFICATION; NITRIFICATION; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

AEROBIC REACTOR; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIODEGRADABILITY; BIOMASS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DENITRIFICATION; GROWTH RATE; HETEROTROPHY; NITRIFICATION; OXIDATION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; POULTRY; SEDIMENTATION; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; SUSPENSION; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 4043066467     PISSN: 09593330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09593330.2004.9619361     Document Type: Article

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