Investigation of nitrification and nitrogen removal from centrate in a submerged attached-growth bioreactor

Water Environment Research

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 222-228

  Pedros, P B ^a,b   Onnis Hayden, A ^b   Tyler, Charles ^c  

^a FR Mahony and Associates   (United States)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Deer Island Treatment Plant   (United States)

Author keywords

Downflow packed bed reactor; Nitrification; Nitrogen removal; Recycle stream; Side stream treatment; Submerged attached growth bioreactor; Upflow packed bed reactor

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; BIOCONVERSION; BIOREACTORS; CHEMICAL REACTORS; DENITRIFICATION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; EFFICIENCY; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN; OXIDATION; PACKED BEDS;

PACKED BED REACTOR; RECYCLE STREAM; SIDE STREAMS; SUBMERGED ATTACHED GROWTH BIOREACTOR; UP-FLOW PACKED BED REACTORS;

NITROGEN REMOVAL;

NITRITE; NITROGEN; NITROUS ACID; OXYGEN; VOLATILE AGENT;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIOREACTOR; DEWATERING; NITRIFICATION; REMOVAL EXPERIMENT; WATER TREATMENT;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; BIOREACTOR; DENITRIFICATION; DEWATERING; IMMERSION; NITRIFICATION; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLUDGE TREATMENT;

EID: 45349098592     PISSN: 10614303     EISSN: 15547531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2175/106143007X221247     Document Type: Article

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