Factors promoting emissions of nitrous oxide and nitric oxide from denitrifying sequencing batch reactors operated with methanol and ethanol as electron donors

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 390-398

  Lu, Huijie ^a   Chandran, Kartik ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Denitrification; Ethanol; Methanol; Nitric oxide; Nitrous oxide

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL NITROGEN REMOVAL; CARBON LIMITATION; DENITRIFYING REACTORS; DISSOLVED OXYGEN CONCENTRATIONS; ELECTRON DONORS; HETEROTROPHIC DENITRIFICATION; NITRATE-N; NITRIFICATION AND DENITRIFICATION; NITRITE EXPOSURE; NITROUS OXIDE; NO EMISSIONS; OXYGEN INHIBITION; SEQUENCING BATCH REACTORS; TRANSIENT EXPOSURE;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; ANESTHETICS; BATCH REACTORS; DENITRIFICATION; DISSOLUTION; ELECTRONS; ETHANOL; METHANOL; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROGEN OXIDES; NITROGEN REMOVAL; ORGANIC CARBON;

DISSOLVED OXYGEN;

ALCOHOL; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; METHANOL; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRITE; NITROUS OXIDE; ORGANIC CARBON; OXYGEN;

ARTICLE; CARBON SOURCE; DENITRIFICATION; ELECTRON; HUMAN; OXYGEN CONCENTRATION; SEQUENCING BATCH REACTOR;

BIOREACTORS; CULTURE MEDIA; ETHANOL; METHANOL; NITRATES; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRITES; NITROUS OXIDE; OXYGEN;

EID: 77953595242     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: 10970290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bit.22704     Document Type: Article

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