Impact of carbon to nitrogen ratio on nutrient removal in a liquid-solid circulating fluidized bed bioreactor (LSCFB)

Process Biochemistry

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 578-583

  Islam, Mohammad ^a   George, Nakhla ^a   Zhu, Jesse ^a   Chowdhury, Nabin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Simultaneous nitrification denitrification; Total nitrogen

Indexed keywords

BIOFILM CARRIERS; CARBON-TO-NITROGEN RATIOS; EMPTY BED CONTACT TIME; IN-PHASE; LAVA ROCKS; LIQUID-SOLID CIRCULATING FLUIDIZED BEDS; NUTRIENT REMOVALS; ORGANIC MATTERS; PROCESS PERFORMANCE; SIMULTANEOUS NITRIFICATION-DENITRIFICATION; TERTIARY EFFLUENTS; TOTAL NITROGEN; TOTAL NITROGEN REMOVALS;

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIOREACTORS; CIRCULATING MEDIA; DENITRIFICATION; EFFLUENTS; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUIDIZATION; FLUIDIZED BEDS; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS; LIQUIDS; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN; NITROGEN REMOVAL; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; OXIDATION; OXYGEN; SUPERALLOYS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER QUALITY;

FLUIDIZED BED PROCESS;

EID: 64049084271     PISSN: 13595113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.procbio.2009.02.003     Document Type: Article

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