Modeling the competitive effect of ammonium oxidizers and heterotrophs on the degradation of MTBE in a packed bed reactor

Water Research

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 3098-3108

  Waul, Christopher ^a   Arvin, Erik ^a   Schmidt, Jens Ejbye ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Ammonium and BTEX; Competition; Heterotrophs; Modeling; MTBE degradation; Packed bed reactor

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; DEGRADATION; OXIDATION; PACKED BEDS;

HETEROTROPHS; MTBE DEGRADATION; PACKED BED REACTOR;

ETHERS;

AMMONIA; BENZENE; ETHYLBENZENE; TERT BUTYL METHYL ETHER; TOLUENE; XYLENE;

BENZENE; DEGRADATION; ETHERS; OXIDATION; PACKED BEDS;

AMMONIUM; BIODEGRADATION; BIOFILM; BTEX; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); HETEROTROPHY; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MTBE; NUMERICAL MODEL;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; DEGRADATION KINETICS; HETEROTROPH; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; OXYGEN SUPPLY; PACKED BED REACTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 44749092354     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2008.02.030     Document Type: Article

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