Inorganic precipitation during autotrophic denitrification under various operating conditions

Environmental Technology

Volumn 30, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 1475-1485

  Hwang, Jong Hyuk ^a   Cicek, Nazim ^a   Oleszkiewicz, Jan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Autotrophic denitrification; Calcium phosphate; Inorganic precipitation; Membrane biofilm reactor

Indexed keywords

BIOFILMS; BIOFILTERS; BIOREACTORS; CALCIUM; CALCIUM ALLOYS; CALCIUM PHOSPHATE; DENITRIFICATION; MEMBRANES; PH EFFECTS; PHOSPHATES;

AUTOTROPHIC DENITRIFICATION; CALCIUM PHOSPHATE PRECIPITATION; DENITRIFICATION RATE; DILUTION RATE; HYDRAULIC RETENTION TIME; ICP ANALYSIS; INHIBITORY EFFECT; INORGANIC PRECIPITATION; MEMBRANE BIOFILM REACTOR; NITRATE REMOVAL; OPERATING CONDITION; PH CONTROL; PH LEVELS; PHOSPHATE BUFFERS; POROUS MEMBRANES; SOLIDS CONTENT; TOTAL SOLIDS; VOLATILE SOLID;

PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL);

CALCIUM PHOSPHATE; INORGANIC COMPOUND; NITRATE; PHOSPHATE; VOLATILE AGENT;

AUTOTROPHY; BIOFILM; BIOREACTOR; CALCIUM; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DENITRIFICATION; PH; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); VOLATILE SUBSTANCE;

ARTICLE; AUTOTROPHY; BIOFILM REACTOR; DENITRIFICATION; DILUTION; MEMBRANE REACTOR; PH; PRECIPITATION; WASTE WATER;

EID: 70450263648     PISSN: 09593330     EISSN: 1479487X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09593330903241920     Document Type: Article

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