Enhancement on the simultaneous removal of nitrate and organic pollutants from groundwater by a three-dimensional bio-electrochemical reactor

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 100, Issue 20, 2009, Pages 4662-4668

  Zhou, Minghua ^a   Wang, Wei ^a   Chi, Meiling ^a  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

Author keywords

Activated carbon; Denitrification; Groundwater remediation; Organic pollutants; Three dimensional bio electrochemical reactor

Indexed keywords

CURRENT EFFICIENCY; DENITRIFICATION RATE; ELECTROCHEMICAL REACTOR; GROUNDWATER REMEDIATION; NITRATE REMOVAL; PERFORMANCE COMPARISON; SIMULTANEOUS REMOVAL; STATIC AND DYNAMIC; THIRD ELECTRODE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D); THREE-DIMENSIONAL BIO-ELECTROCHEMICAL REACTOR; VARIABLE CONDITIONS;

CHARCOAL; DENITRIFICATION; ELECTRIC REACTORS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDROGEOLOGY; NITROGEN REMOVAL; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ACTIVATED CARBON;

ACTIVATED CARBON; GROUND WATER; NITRATE; NITRITE; ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ACTIVATED CARBON; BIODEGRADATION; BIOFILM; BIOREACTOR; BIOREMEDIATION; DENITRIFICATION; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER; NITRATE; NITRITE; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POLLUTANT REMOVAL;

ARTICLE; BIOELECTROCHEMICAL REACTOR; BIOFILM; BIOREMEDIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRADATION; DENITRIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTOR; REACTOR OPERATION; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOFILMS; BIOREACTORS; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROCHEMICAL TECHNIQUES; NITRATES; NITRITES; OXYGEN; RHEOLOGY; SOIL; WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 67649197362     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2009.05.002     Document Type: Article

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