Effects of heavy metals on the specific ammonia and nitrate uptake rates in activated sludge

Environmental Engineering Science

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1207-1215

  You, Sheng Jie ^a   Tsai, Yung Pin ^b   Huang, Ru Yi ^b  

^a CHUNG YUAN CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHI NAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

CadmiumL nitrification; Denitrification; Lead; Nickel

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BATCH EXPERIMENTS; BIOLOGICAL NUTRIENT REMOVAL; BIOSORPTION CAPACITY; CADMIUML NITRIFICATION; CONCENTRATION LEVELS; FIRST-ORDER KINETIC REACTION; HEAVY METAL CONCENTRATION; INTERACTION EFFECT; MIXED LIQUOR SUSPENDED SOLIDS; NITRATE UPTAKE RATES; NITRIFICATION AND DENITRIFICATION; NITRIFICATION-DENITRIFICATION; SYNERGISTIC EFFECT; UPTAKE RATE;

AMMONIA; BIOACTIVITY; BIOSORPTION; CADMIUM; DENITRIFICATION; LEAD; METAL IONS; METAL RECOVERY; METALS; NICKEL; NICKEL ALLOYS; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN REMOVAL; OXIDATION;

POLLUTION;

AMMONIA; CADMIUM; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; NICKEL; NITRATE;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; BIOSORPTION; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; DENITRIFICATION; KINETICS; LIQUID; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NITRIFICATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE;

EID: 73649132925     PISSN: 10928758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ees.2008.0186     Document Type: Article

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