Pumped flow biofilm reactors (PFBR) for treating municipal wastewater

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 57, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1857-1865

  O'Reilly, E ^a   Rodgers, M ^a   Zhan, X M ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

COD removal; Nitrogen removal; Pumped flow; Sequencing batch biofilm reactor; Small scale wastewater treatment plants

Indexed keywords

ABS RESINS; BATCH REACTORS; BIOFILMS; BIOFILTERS; BIOREACTORS; OXYGEN; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

COD REMOVAL; NITROGEN REMOVAL; PUMPED FLOW; SEQUENCING BATCH BIOFILM REACTOR; SMALL-SCALE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND;

AMMONIA; NITROGEN; ORGANIC CARBON;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIOFILM; BIOREACTOR; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN; ORGANIC CARBON; OXIC CONDITIONS; PUMPING; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; BENCH SCALE SEQUENCING BIOFILM REACTOR SYSTEM; BIOFILM REACTOR; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; EFFLUENT STANDARD; HEAVY METAL REMOVAL; LARGE SCALE SEQUENCING BIOFILM REACTOR SYSTEM; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; NITRIFICATION; PILOT SCALE SEQUENCING BIOFILM REACTOR SYSTEM; PUMP; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TANK; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

BIOFILMS; BIOREACTORS; NITROGEN; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 47949123162     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2008.327     Document Type: Article

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