Modelling of biological nitrogen removal from the liquid fraction of pig slurry in a sequencing batch reactor

Biosystems Engineering

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 239-259

  Magrí, Albert ^a   Flotats, Xavier ^a  

^a GIRO Technological Centre   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; BATCH REACTORS; DENITRIFICATION; FERTILIZERS; GROWTH KINETICS; MAMMALS; MANURES; NITRIFICATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SLURRY PIPELINES;

BIOLOGICAL NITROGEN REMOVAL; HETEROTROPHIC BIOMASS; IDENTIFICATION OF THE PARAMETERS; MODEL-BASED PREDICTION; NITRIFICATION AND DENITRIFICATION; NITRIFICATION-DENITRIFICATION; OPERATIONAL STRATEGIES; SEQUENCING BATCH REACTORS;

NITROGEN REMOVAL;

SUIDAE;

EID: 53049101414     PISSN: 15375110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2008.08.003     Document Type: Article

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