Simultaneous ammonium-nitrogen and copper removal, and copper recovery using nitrifying biofilm from the Ultra-Compact Biofilm Reactor

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 99, Issue 14, 2008, Pages 6614-6620

  Lee, L Y ^a   Ong, S L ^a   Ng, H Y ^a   Hu, J Y ^a   Koh, Y N ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Ammonia nitrogen removal; Copper recovery; Extracellular polymer substance; Nitrifying biofilm

Indexed keywords

BIOFILMS; CHEMICAL REACTORS; COPPER; NITROGEN REMOVAL;

AMMONIA-NITROGEN REMOVAL; COPPER RECOVERY; EXTRACELLULAR POLYMER SUBSTANCE; NITRIFYING BIOFILM;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

AMMONIA; COPPER; EDETIC ACID; NITROGEN; POLYMER;

BIOFILMS; CHEMICAL REACTORS; COPPER; NITROGEN REMOVAL; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

AMMONIUM; BIOFILM; BIOREACTOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COPPER; EDTA; INHIBITION; NITROGEN; PH; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; POLYMER; REMOVAL EXPERIMENT; WASTEWATER;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; BIOFILM REACTOR; ELECTRICITY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NITRIFICATION; PH MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

ADSORPTION; BIOFILMS; BIOREACTORS; COPPER; EDETIC ACID; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; NITROGEN; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 43849108996     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2006.10.048     Document Type: Article

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