Comparison of the effects of conventional and alternative external carbon sources on enhancing the denitrification process

Water Environment Research

Volumn 81, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 896-906

  Swinarski, Marek ^a   Makinia, Jacek ^b   Czerwionka, Krzysztof ^b   Chrzanowska, Marta ^a   Drewnowski, Jakub ^b  

^a Saur Neptun Gdansk SA   (Poland)

^b GDANSK UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Denitrification; External carbon source; Industrial wastewater; Kinetics; Methanol; Nitrogen removal

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; DENITRIFICATION; ENZYME KINETICS; FISH; METHANOL; NITROGEN REMOVAL; PICKLING; SEWAGE; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

BIODEGRADABLE FRACTION; CARBON SOURCE; DENITRIFICATION PROCESS; DIFFERENT CARBON SOURCES; FOOD INDUSTRY EFFLUENTS; INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATERS; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS; NITRATE UTILIZATION RATE;

EFFLUENTS;

CARBON; METHANOL; NITROGEN; WATER;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIODEGRADATION; BIOMASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENITRIFICATION; FOOD INDUSTRY; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; METHANOL; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; REACTION KINETICS; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENITRIFICATION; EFFLUENT; KINETICS; NITROGEN REMOVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; CHEMISTRY; FOOD INDUSTRY; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; METHODOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; SEWAGE; WATER POLLUTANT;

CARBON; FOOD INDUSTRY; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; NITROGEN; PILOT PROJECTS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 70449730790     PISSN: 10614303     EISSN: 15547531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2175/106143009X407438     Document Type: Article

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