N2O emissions from activated sludge processes, 2008-2009: Results of a national monitoring survey in the united states

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 4505-4511

  Ahn, Joon Ho ^a   Kim, Sungpyo ^a,c   Park, Hongkeun ^a   Rahm, Brian ^a   Pagilla, Krishna ^b   Chandran, Kartik ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b Illinois Institute of Technology   (United States)

^c Korea University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE REACTORS; AEROBIC ZONES; BIOLOGICAL NITROGEN REMOVAL PROCESS; DATA SETS; DISSOLVED OXYGEN CONCENTRATIONS; EMISSION FACTORS; HIGH DEGREE OF VARIABILITY; IN-FIELD; MULTIVARIATE REGRESSION; NITROUS OXIDE; U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; BIOACTIVITY; DISSOLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; NITROGEN OXIDES; NITROGEN REMOVAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

DISSOLVED OXYGEN;

AMMONIA; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; NITRITE; NITROGEN; NITROUS OXIDE;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIOREACTOR; DATA SET; EMISSION; NITROGEN OXIDES; SAMPLING; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DATA MINING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; MEASUREMENT; MONITORING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NITROUS OXIDE EMISSION; REACTOR; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAMPLE; UNITED STATES; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; AEROBIC METABOLISM; ANAEROBIC GROWTH; BIOREMEDIATION; CHEMICAL MODEL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INFORMATION PROCESSING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; SEWAGE; TEMPERATURE; TIME; WATER MANAGEMENT;

AEROBIOSIS; ANAEROBIOSIS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; DATA COLLECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MODELS, CHEMICAL; NITROGEN; NITROUS OXIDE; SEWAGE; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 77953508204     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es903845y     Document Type: Article

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