Nitrogen transformations and mass balances in anaerobic/anoxic/aerobic batch experiments with full-scale biomasses from BNR activated sludge systems

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 60, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 2463-2470

  Mekinia J ^a   Stensel, H D ^b   Czerwionka, K ^a   Drewnowski, J ^a   Zapero, D ^c  

^a GDANSK UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^b University of Washington   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Batch test; Denitrification; Dissolved organic nitrogen; Nitrification; Nitrogen removal

Indexed keywords

BATCH REACTORS; BIOACTIVITY; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; COAGULATION; DENITRIFICATION; DISSOLUTION; FLOCCULATION; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN; OXIDATION; WASTEWATER;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE SYSTEMS; AEROBIC DENITRIFICATION; AEROBIC PHASE; BATCH EXPERIMENTS; BATCH TEST; BATCH TESTS; CHEMICAL PRE-TREATMENT; COAGULATION FLOCCULATION; DENITRIFICATION RATE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC NITROGEN; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; MASS BALANCE; NITRIFICATION RATES; NITROGEN MASS BALANCE; NITROGEN TRANSFORMATIONS; ORGANIC NITROGEN; PARALLEL BATCH; PARTICULATE FRACTION; PRE-TREATMENT; SIMULTANEOUS NITRIFICATION/DENITRIFICATION;

NITROGEN REMOVAL;

DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; NITROGEN;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIOMASS; BIOREACTOR; COLLOID; DISSOLVED ORGANIC NITROGEN; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLOCCULATION; HYDROLYSIS; MASS BALANCE; NITRIFICATION; OXIC CONDITIONS; WASTEWATER;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BIODEGRADABILITY; BIOMASS; BIOREACTOR; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONFERENCE PAPER; DENITRIFICATION; FLOCCULATION; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; AEROBIC METABOLISM; ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; SEWAGE; TIME;

AEROBIOSIS; ANAEROBIOSIS; BACTERIA; BIOMASS; BIOREACTORS; NITROGEN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; SEWAGE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 74049101132     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2009.616     Document Type: Article

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