Performance of a nitrifying airlift reactor using granular sludge

Separation and Purification Technology

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 670-675

  Jin, Ren Cun ^a,b   Zheng, Ping ^a   Mahmood, Qaisar ^a   Zhang, Lei ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HANGZHOU NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Airlift reactor; Anaerobic ammonium oxidation; Granular sludge; Nitrification

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; BACTERIA; DENITRIFICATION; GRANULAR MATERIALS; GRANULATION; NITROGEN REMOVAL; OXIDATION; SUGAR (SUCROSE); WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

AIR-LIFT REACTORS; AIRLIFT REACTOR; ANAEROBIC AMMONIUM OXIDATION; AVERAGE DIAMETER; BIOLOGICAL NITROGEN REMOVAL; CONTINUOUS FLOWS; GRANULAR SLUDGE; MATURE GRANULES; NITRIFYING BACTERIA; RATE-LIMITING STEP; SETTLING VELOCITIES;

NITRIFICATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 53949083065     PISSN: 13835866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2008.07.012     Document Type: Article

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