Stable partial nitrification in an up-flow fixed-bed bioreactor under an oxygen-limiting environment

Environmental Engineering Science

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1309-1318

  Bagchi, Samik ^a   Biswas, Rima ^a   Roychoudhury, Kunal ^b   Nandy, Tapas ^a  

^a NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b Seth Kesarimal Porwal College Nagpur   (India)

Author keywords

Partial nitrification; DO; aeration; NOx cycle; low cost

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM REMOVAL; ANAMMOX; BIO SYSTEMS; BIOLOGICAL NITROGEN REMOVAL PROCESS; DO CONCENTRATION; HYDRAULIC RETENTION TIME; LOW CARBON; LOW OXYGEN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; OXYGEN UPTAKE; PARTIAL NITRIFICATION; PARTIAL NITRIFICATION DO AERATION NOX CYCLE LOW COST; SYNTHETIC WASTE WATER; UP-FLOW FIXED-BED BIOREACTOR;

AMMONIA; AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; BIOREACTORS; COSTS; DENITRIFICATION; DISSOLUTION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN SENSORS; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS; LEAD REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); METAL RECOVERY; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN; NITROGEN OXIDES; NITROGEN REMOVAL; OXIDATION; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

DISSOLVED OXYGEN;

AMMONIA; CARBON; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; NITRITE; NITROGEN;

AERATION; ARTICLE; BIOREACTOR; COLORIMETRY; COST; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FIXED BED REACTOR; NITRIFICATION; PARTIAL NITRIFICATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 68149158531     PISSN: 10928758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ees.2008.0389     Document Type: Article

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