Nitrification in moving bed and fixed bed biofilters treating effluent water from a large commercial outdoor rainbow trout RAS

Aquacultural Engineering

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 31-37

  Suhr, K I ^a   Pedersen, P B ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Biofilter; Fixed bed filter; Moving bed; Nitrification; RAS

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM CHLORIDE; BIO-MEDIA; CONCENTRATION OF; DATA RANGES; DISSOLVED OXYGEN LEVELS; EFFLUENT WATERS; EXPONENTIAL EXPRESSION; FILTER MEDIA; FIXED BED; MOVING BED; NITRIFICATION RATES; RAINBOW TROUT; REMOVAL RATE; START-UPS;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIOFILTERS; BIOFILTRATION; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; DENITRIFICATION; DISSOLUTION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; DISSOLVED OXYGEN SENSORS; EFFLUENTS; FLOATING BREAKWATERS; NITRIFICATION; TANNING; THERMOPLASTICS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT;

OXIDATION;

AQUACULTURE EFFLUENT; BIOFILTRATION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; FILTER; NITRIFICATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS;

EID: 72749116389     PISSN: 01448609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquaeng.2009.10.001     Document Type: Article

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