Achieving biofilm control in a membrane biofilm reactor removing total nitrogen

Water Research

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 2283-2291

  Hwang, Jong Hyuk ^a   Cicek, Nazim ^a   Oleszkiewicz, Jan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Autotrophic denitrification; Biofilm control; Hydrogenotrophic denitrification; Membrane biofilm reactor; Nitrogen removal

Indexed keywords

BIOCONVERSION; BIOFILMS; BIOMASS; BIOREACTORS; DENITRIFICATION; NITRIFICATION; OXYGEN SUPPLY; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING;

AUTOTROPHIC DENITRIFICATION; BIOFILM CONTROL; BIOFILM DEVELOPMENT; BIOMASS ACCUMULATION; BIOMASS GENERATION; HYDROGEN SUPPLY; HYDROGENOTROPHIC DENITRIFICATION; MEMBRANE BIOFILM REACTOR; PURE OXYGEN; TOTAL NITROGEN;

NITROGEN REMOVAL;

HYDROGEN; OXYGEN;

ACCUMULATION RATE; BIOFILM; BIOMASS; DENITRIFICATION; DETECTION METHOD; DIFFUSION; EFFLUENT; MEMBRANE; NITROGEN; POLLUTANT REMOVAL;

ARTICLE; AUTOTROPH; BIOFILM REACTOR; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENITRIFICATION; GAS DIFFUSION; HETEROTROPH; MEMBRANE REACTOR; NITRIFICATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCING BATCH REACTOR; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER;

EID: 77749246021     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2009.12.022     Document Type: Article

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