Monitoring off-gas O2/CO2 to predict nitrification performance in activated sludge processes

Water Research

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 3434-3444

  Leu, Shao Yuan ^a   Libra, Judy A ^b   Stenstrom, Michael K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Activated sludge process; Dynamic model; Nitrification; Off gas; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; BACTERIA; CARBON DIOXIDE; DYNAMIC MODELS; EFFICIENCY; EFFLUENTS; GASES; NITROGEN REMOVAL; OXYGEN SUPPLY;

ACTIVATED-SLUDGE PROCESS; DENITRIFICATION PROCESS; DYNAMICS MODELS; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATERS; NITRIFICATION PERFORMANCE; NITRIFICATION-DENITRIFICATION; OFF-GASES; OXYGEN UPTAKE RATES; OXYGEN-TRANSFER EFFICIENCY; PROCESS CONDITION;

NITRIFICATION;

AMMONIA;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; CARBON DIOXIDE; MODELING; NITRIFICATION; OXYGEN; PH; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AERATION; ARTICLE; BIOREACTOR; CARBON DIOXIDE TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFLUENT; NITRIFICATION; OXYGEN TRANSPORT; PH MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; VALIDATION PROCESS; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

EID: 77953020674     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2010.03.022     Document Type: Article

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