Simultaneous nitrification/denitrification in a biofilm airlift suspension (BAS) reactor with biodegradable carrier material

Water Research

Volumn 43, Issue 18, 2009, Pages 4461-4468

  Walters, Evelyn ^a,b   Hille, Andrea ^a   He, Mei ^a   Ochmann, Clemens ^c   Horn, Harald ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VertUm GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Airlift reactor; Biocompound carrier; Biofilm; CLSM; Simultaneous nitrification denitrification

Indexed keywords

BIOFILMS; DENITRIFICATION; FLUIDIZATION; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN REMOVAL;

AIR LIFT REACTORS; BIO-COMPOUNDS; BIOCOMPOUND CARRIER; BIODEGRADABLE CARRIERS; BIOFILM AIRLIFT SUSPENSION REACTORS; CARRIER MATERIAL; CLSM; PORES STRUCTURE; SIMULTANEOUS NITRIFICATION AND DENITRIFICATION; SIMULTANEOUS NITRIFICATION DENITRIFICATIONS;

PORE STRUCTURE;

AMMONIA; NITROGEN; POLYMER;

BIODEGRADATION; BIOFILM; BIOMASS; BIOREACTOR; DENITRIFICATION; DEWATERING; FLUIDIZATION; NITRIFICATION; SLUDGE;

AIRLIFT REACTOR; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADABILITY; BIOFILM; BIOMASS; CARBON SOURCE; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; DENITRIFICATION; DEWATERING; FLUIDIZATION; NITRIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLUDGE; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 71749109213     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2009.07.005     Document Type: Article

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