Nitrite effectively inhibits sulfide and methane production in a laboratory scale sewer reactor

Water Research

Volumn 42, Issue 14, 2008, Pages 3961-3971

  Mohanakrishnan, J ^a   Gutierrez, O ^a   Meyer, R L ^b   Yuan, Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Methane; Nitrite; Sewer; Sulfate; Sulfide

Indexed keywords

BIOFILMS; METHANE; NITROGEN OXIDES; SEWERS;

BIOLOGICAL SULFIDE OXIDATION; METHANE ACCUMULATION; METHANE PRODUCTION; NITRITE; NITRITE UPTAKE RATES; NITROUS OXIDE PRODUCTION; SULFATE; SULFIDE;

SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

METHANE; NITRITE; SULFIDE;

BIOFILM; BIOREACTOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); LABORATORY METHOD; METHANE; MICROORGANISM; NITRITE; OXIDATION; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; POLLUTION CONTROL; REDUCTION; SEWER NETWORK; SULFIDE; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTOR; SEWER;

EID: 50849115469     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2008.07.001     Document Type: Article

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