Gaseous nitrogen and carbon emissions from a full-scale deammonification plant

Water Environment Research

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 169-175

  Weissenbacher, Norbert ^a   Takacs, Imre ^b   Murthy, Sudhir ^c   Fuerhacker, Maria ^a   Wett, Bernhard ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^b EnviroSim Associates Ltd   (Canada)

^c District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Anaerobic ammonia oxidation; Anammox; DEMON; Mass balance; Nitritation; Offgas measurement; Sequencing batch reactor

Indexed keywords

BATCH REACTORS; CARBON DIOXIDE; GLOBAL WARMING; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN OXIDES; NITROGEN REMOVAL; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

AMMONIA OXIDATION; ANAMMOX; DEMON; MASS BALANCE; NITRITATION; SEQUENCING BATCH REACTORS;

NITROGEN;

CARBON; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROGEN; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; NITROUS OXIDE;

AMMONIA; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; GLOBAL WARMING; MASS BALANCE; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN; NITROGEN OXIDES; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CHEMICAL REACTION; DEAMMONIFICATION; DENITRIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; NITRIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 76149085516     PISSN: 10614303     EISSN: 15547531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2175/106143009X447867     Document Type: Article

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