Comparison of 4-stage biological aerated filter (BAF) with MLE process in nitrogen removal from low carbon-to-nitrogen wastewater

Environmental Engineering Science

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 163-170

  Ryu, Hong Duck ^a   Lee, Sang Ill ^a  

^a Chungbuk National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Biological aerated filter (BAF); Denitrification; Hydraulic retention time; Low C N ratio; Modified Ludzack Ettinger (MLE); Nitrogen removal

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL AERATED FILTER (BAF); CONFIDENCE LEVELS; HYDRAULIC RETENTION TIME; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; LOW C/N RATIO; LOW CARBONS; MODIFIED LUDZACK-ETTINGER (MLE); MUNICIPAL WASTEWATERS; N REMOVALS; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; TOTAL KJELDAHL NITROGENS;

BIOFILTERS; BIOFILTRATION; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DENITRIFICATION; EFFLUENTS; HYDRAULICS; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN; NONMETALS; OXYGEN; REMOVAL; SORPTION; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER AERATION;

NITROGEN REMOVAL;

EID: 58349111369     PISSN: 10928758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ees.2007.0256     Document Type: Article

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