Pilot-scale aerated submerged biofilm reactor for organics removal and nitrification at cold temperatures

Water Environment Research

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 292-297

  Choi, Youngik ^a   Johnson, Kraig ^a   Hayes, Donald ^a   Xu, Hua ^a  

^a Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerated submerged biofilm; Biofilm; Chemical oxygen demand; Nitrification; Nitrifying bacteria; Nutrients

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BACTERIA; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DISSOLUTION; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; NITROGEN REMOVAL; NUTRIENTS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PILOT PLANTS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER AERATION;

AMMONIA NITROGEN REMOVAL; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTERS; DOMESTIC WASTEWATER; NITRIFYING BACTERIA; OXYGEN TRANSFER RATE; PILOT-SCALE EXPERIMENTS; SUBMERGED BIOFILM REACTOR; WATER TEMPERATURES;

BIOFILMS;

AMMONIA; NITROGEN; NITROGEN DERIVATIVE; ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AMMONIA; BIOFILM; BIOREACTOR; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; MICROCLIMATE; NITRIFICATION; NITRIFYING BACTERIUM; NUTRIENT; WASTEWATER; WATER TEMPERATURE; WATER TREATMENT;

AERATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIOFILM REACTOR; COLD CLIMATE; MICROCLIMATE; NITRIFICATION; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 45349105603     PISSN: 10614303     EISSN: 15547531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2175/106143008X307566     Document Type: Article

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