Performance of a membrane biofilm reactor for denitrification with methane

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 99, Issue 17, 2008, Pages 8054-8060

  Modin, Oskar ^a   Fukushi, Kensuke ^a   Nakajima, Fumiyuki ^a   Yamamoto, Kazuo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Denitrification; Membrane biofilm reactor; Methane; Methanotrophs

Indexed keywords

BIOFILMS; BIOFILTERS; BIOREACTORS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; COUPLED CIRCUITS; DENITRIFICATION; NITRATES; NITRIFICATION; ORGANIC CARBON; OXYGEN; OXYGEN SUPPLY; PRESSURE; REACTION KINETICS; REMOVAL; SILICONES; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER RECYCLING; WATER TREATMENT;

(1 1 0) SURFACE; (E ,3E) PROCESS; AEROBIC (CSTR); BIO FILMS; BIOFILM REACTORS; CONTAMINATED WATERS; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON (DOC); ELECTRON DONORS; ELSEVIER (CO); METHANE OXIDATION; METHANE RATIOS; NITRATE REMOVAL; PRODUCTION RATES;

METHANE;

METHANE; NITRATE; ORGANIC CARBON; OXYGEN; SILICONE;

BIOFILM; BIOREACTOR; DENITRIFICATION; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; MEMBRANE; METHANE; METHANOTROPHY; OXIDATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM REACTOR; DENITRIFICATION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; GAS TRANSPORT; MEMBRANE BIOFILM REACTOR; OXIDATION; OXYGEN TENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SILASTIC TUBE; WASTE WATER; WATER CONTAMINATION;

BIOFILMS; BIOREACTORS; ELECTRONS; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; METHANE; NITRATES; NITROGEN; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXYGEN; PARTIAL PRESSURE; SILICONES;

EID: 47749122976     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2008.03.042     Document Type: Article

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