Ammonium oxidation via nitrite accumulation under limited oxygen concentration in sequencing batch reactors

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 659-664

  Aslan, Sukru ^a   Miller, Lindsey ^b   Dahab, Mohamed ^b  

^a CUMHURIYET UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Free ammonia; Limited oxygen concentration; Nitritation; Partial nitrification; Sludge retention time

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); NITRATION; OXYGEN;

FREE AMMONIA; LIMITED OXYGEN CONCENTRATION; NITRITATION; PARTIAL NITRIFICATION; SLUDGE RETENTION TIME;

BATCH REACTORS;

AMMONIA; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRITE; NITROGEN; OXYGEN;

AMMONIUM; BACTERIUM; BIOREACTOR; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; NITRIFICATION; NITRITE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OXIDATION; OXYGEN; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SLUDGE;

ARTICLE; DISSOLUTION; NITRITE OXIDIZING BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; SEQUENCING BATCH REACTOR; SLUDGE;

BACTERIA, AEROBIC; BIOREACTORS; NITRITES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXYGEN; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; SEWAGE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 53649090147     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2008.07.033     Document Type: Article

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