Impact of shear force on the biofilm structure and performance of a membrane biofilm reactor for tertiary hydrogen-driven denitrification of municipal wastewater

Water Research

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 3057-3065

  Celmer, D ^a   Oleszkiewicz, J A ^a   Cicek, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Hydrogen driven denitrification; Shear force

Indexed keywords

BIOFILMS; BIOREACTORS; DENITRIFICATION; HYDROGEN;

HYDROGEN-DRIVEN DENITRIFICATION; SHEAR FORCE;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

CARBOHYDRATE; HYDROGEN; PROTEIN;

BIOFILMS; BIOREACTORS; DENITRIFICATION; HYDROGEN; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

BIOFILM; DENITRIFICATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POLYMER; SHEAR STRESS; STEADY-STATE EQUILIBRIUM; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; AUTOTROPHY; BIOFILM; BIOFILM REACTOR; BIOMASS; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; DENITRIFICATION; MEMBRANE REACTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; SHEAR STRENGTH; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 44749094283     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2008.02.031     Document Type: Article

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