Total and stable washout of nitrite oxidizing bacteria from a nitrifying continuous activated sludge system using automatic control based on Oxygen Uptake Rate measurements

Water Research

Volumn 43, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2761-2772

  Jubany, Irene ^a   Lafuente, Javier ^a   Baeza, Juan A ^a   Carrera, Julián ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Automatic control; FISH; NOB washout; OUR; Partial nitrification

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; AMMONIA; AUTOMATION; BACTERIA; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CLOSED LOOP CONTROL SYSTEMS; CONTROL ENGINEERING; DENITRIFICATION; ECOLOGY; FISH; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; NITRIFICATION; OXIDATION; PILOT PLANTS; PROCESS CONTROL; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE SYSTEMS; AMMONIA OXIDIZING BACTERIA; CONTINUOUS PILOT PLANTS; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HIGH-STRENGTH AMMONIUM; NITRITE-OXIDIZING BACTERIA; NOB WASHOUT; PARTIAL NITRIFICATION;

DISSOLVED OXYGEN;

AMMONIA; CARBON DIOXIDE; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; NITRITE; NITROGEN;

NITRIFICATION; NITRIFYING BACTERIUM; SEAWATER;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NITRIFICATION; NITRITE OXIDIZING BACTERIUM; NITROGEN WASHOUT; OXIDATION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTOR MONITORING; REACTOR OPERATION; SLUDGE; VOLUMETRY; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

NITROSOMONADALES;

EID: 66149184298     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2009.03.022     Document Type: Article

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