Effect of operating parameters on denitrification in an anoxic rotating biological contactor

Environmental Technology

Volumn 30, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 1381-1389

  Cortez, Susana ^a   Teixeira, Pilar ^a   Oliveira, Rosário ^a   Mota, Manuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Anoxic rotating biological contactor; Biofilm; Carbon to nitrogen ratio; Denitrification

Indexed keywords

BIOFILMS; BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; DENITRIFICATION; NITRATES; NITROGEN; ROTATION; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

A-CARBON; ACETATE REMOVAL; ANOXIC ROTATING BIOLOGICAL CONTACTOR; C/N RATIO; CARBON-TO-NITROGEN RATIO; ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS; HYDRAULIC RETENTION TIME; MOLAR RATIO; NITRATE CONCENTRATION; NITRATE REMOVAL; OPERATING PARAMETERS; OVERALL EFFICIENCY; REACTOR PERFORMANCE; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; ROTATING BIOLOGICAL CONTACTOR; SUBSTRATE REMOVAL; SYNTHETIC WASTE WATER; WATER AND WASTEWATER;

NITROGEN REMOVAL;

ACETIC ACID; CARBON; NITRATE; NITROGEN;

BIOACTIVITY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DENITRIFICATION; NITRATE; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SUBSTRATE; WASTEWATER;

ANOXIC ROTATING BIOLOGICAL CONTACTOR; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CARBON NITROGEN RATIO; CARBON SOURCE; DENITRIFICATION; INOCULATION; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 70450284671     PISSN: 09593330     EISSN: 1479487X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09593330903156490     Document Type: Article

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