Removal of ammonium via simultaneous nitrification-denitrification nitrite-shortcut in a single packed-bed batch reactor

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1100-1107

  Daniel, Leonidia Maria Castro ^a   Pozzi, Eloísa ^a   Foresti, Eugenio ^a   Chinalia, Fabio Alexandre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ammonium removal; Ammonium oxidizers; Denitrifying bacteria; Packed bed batch reactor; Post treatment

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BATCH REACTORS; BIOFILMS; BIOFILTERS; BIOMASS; CLONING; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DENITRIFICATION; ETHANOL; GENETIC ENGINEERING; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; NITROGEN REMOVAL; OXIDATION; OXYGEN; OXYGEN SUPPLY; POLYMERS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; WATER POLLUTION;

AMMONIUM REMOVAL; AMMONIUM-OXIDIZERS; DENITRIFYING BACTERIA; PACKED-BED BATCH REACTOR; POST-TREATMENT;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS;

ALCOHOL; AMMONIA; CARBON; NITRITE; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; POLYURETHAN;

AMMONIA; BIOMASS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DENITRIFICATION; ETHANOL; NITRIFICATION; SUBSTRATE;

ADDITION REACTION; AERATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BATCH REACTOR; BIOFILM; CARBON SOURCE; DENITRIFICATION; EFFLUENT; ELECTRON; EXTRACTION; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; NITRIFICATION; NITROSOMONAS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATION; OXYGEN SUPPLY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; UPFLOW REACTOR; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

BIOREACTORS; NITRATES; NITRITES; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; SEWAGE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

NITROSOMONAS;

EID: 55549145422     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2008.08.003     Document Type: Article

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