Nitritation and denitritation of ammonium-rich wastewater using fluidized-bed biofilm reactors

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 156, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 56-63

  Aslan, Sukru ^a   Dahab, Mohamed ^b  

^a CUMHURIYET UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological nitrogen removal; Denitritation; Fluidized bed biofilm reactor; Nitritation

Indexed keywords

BIOFILMS; BIOREACTORS; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; NITRIFICATION;

BIOLOGICAL NITROGEN REMOVAL; DENITRITATION; FLUIDIZED-BED BIOFILM REACTOR; NITRITATION;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

AMMONIA; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; NITRITE; NITROGEN; NITROGEN DIOXIDE;

BIOFILMS; BIOREACTORS; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; NITRIFICATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

AMMONIUM; BIOFILM; BIOREACTOR; DENITRIFICATION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; FLUIDIZATION; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; REMOVAL EXPERIMENT; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DENITRIFICATION; ELIMINATION REACTION; FLOW KINETICS; FLUIDIZED BED REACTOR; NITRATION; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

BIOFILMS; BIOREACTORS; NITRITES; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 44649129377     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2007.11.112     Document Type: Article

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