Temperature effects on nitrification in polishing biological aerated filters (BAFs)

Environmental Technology

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 671-680

  Ha, Jeong Hyub ^a   Ong, Say Kee ^b   Surampalli, R ^c   Song, Jihyeon ^a  

^a Sejong University   (South Korea)

^b Iowa State University of Science and Technology   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological aerated filter; Nitrification; Recirculation; Temperature

Indexed keywords

BARIUM COMPOUNDS; BIOFILTERS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMICAL POLISHING; DENITRIFICATION; EFFLUENTS; GRAVEL; NITRIFICATION; OXIDATION; OXYGEN; POLISHING; TEMPERATURE; WASTEWATER;

AERATED LAGOONS; AMMONIA-NITROGEN; ASYMPTOTIC VALUES; BIOLOGICAL AERATED FILTER; COLD WEATHER; EFFECTS OF TEMPERATURE; HYDRAULIC RETENTION TIME; PILOT SCALE; RATE KINETICS; RECIRCULATION; RECIRCULATIONS; SOLUBLE CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMANDS; TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; WASTEWATER TEMPERATURE;

BIOFILTRATION;

AMMONIA; NITROGEN;

BIOFILTRATION; BIOTRANSFORMATION; NITRIFICATION; SEWAGE TREATMENT; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; BIOFILTER; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFLUENT; LAGOON; NITRIFICATION; SIMULATION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WEATHER;

EID: 77951995551     PISSN: 09593330     EISSN: 1479487X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09593331003610915     Document Type: Article

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