Horizontal-flow biofilm reactors for the removal of carbon and nitrogen from domestic-strength wastewaters

Water Environment Research

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 339-347

  Rodgers, Michael ^a   Clifford, Eoghan ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Biofilm reactor; Biofilm technology; Domestic wastewater remediation; Nitrification; Organic carbon removal

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIOFILMS; BIOREACTORS; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN; NITROGEN REMOVAL; ORGANIC CARBON; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

AMMONIUM NITROGEN; BIOFILM REACTORS; BIOFILM TECHNOLOGY; CARBON AND NITROGEN; DOMESTIC WASTEWATER; ORGANIC CARBON REMOVALS; POLYSTYRENE SHEETS; SYNTHETIC WASTE WATER;

CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND;

AMMONIA; CARBON; NITROGEN; WATER;

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIOFILM; BIOREACTOR; BIOREMEDIATION; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; NITRIFICATION; ORGANIC CARBON; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM REACTOR; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE PROPERTY; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; BIOFILM; BIOREACTOR; CHEMISTRY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION;

BIOFILMS; BIOREACTORS; CARBON; NITROGEN; WATER;

EID: 66149134895     PISSN: 10614303     EISSN: 15547531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2175/106143008X357228     Document Type: Article

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