Long-term ammonia removal in a coconut fiber-packed biofilter: Analysis of N fractionation and reactor performance under steady-state and transient conditions

Water Research

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 2293-2301

  Baquerizo, Guillermo ^a   Maestre, Juan P ^b   Machado, Vinicius C ^b   Gamisans, Xavier ^a   Gabriel, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ammonia removal; Coconut fiber; Gas phase biofiltration; Leachate characterization; Long term operation

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BACTERIA; BIOFILTRATION; NITRATES; PACKED BEDS;

AMMONIA REMOVAL; BIOFILTRATIONS; COCONUT COIR FIBERS; ELIMINATION CAPACITY; GAS-PHASE BIOFILTRATION; GAS-PHASES; LEACHATE CHARACTERIZATION; LEACHATES; LONG-TERM OPERATION; NITRATATION;

BIOFILTERS;

AMMONIA; NITRATE; NITRITE; NITROGEN;

AMMONIA; BIOFILTRATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FRACTIONATION; LEACHATE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; REMOVAL EXPERIMENT;

ARTICLE; BIOFILTER; COCONUT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRACTIONATION; LEACHING; NITRIFICATION; NITRITE OXIDIZING BACTERIUM; OXIDATION; PH MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTOR; STEADY STATE;

EID: 64749097792     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2009.02.031     Document Type: Article

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