Enhanced removal of NH3 during composting by a biotrickling filter inoculated with nitrifying bacteria

Biochemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 51, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 86-93

  Xue, Niantao ^a   Wang, Qunhui ^a   Wu, Chuanfu ^a   Zhang, Lanhe ^b   Xie, Weimin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY BEIJING   (China)

^b HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c Japan TOHIN Company Group Profile   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Biotrickling filter; Composting; Inoculation; Nitrifying bacteria; Odor

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA OXIDIZING BACTERIA; BIO-OXIDATION; BIOFILM CULTURES; BIOTRICKLING FILTER; BIOTRICKLING FILTERS; CATTLE MANURE COMPOST; CATTLE MANURES; ELIMINATION CAPACITY; EMPTY BED RETENTION TIME; FREE AMMONIA; INOCULATION; NITRIFYING BACTERIA; NITRITE-OXIDIZING BACTERIA; NITROUS ACID; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; RESIDENCE TIME;

ADSORPTION; AMMONIA; BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; BIOFILMS; COMPOSTING; EXHAUST GASES; EXPERIMENTS; INORGANIC ACIDS; MANURES; NITRIFICATION; REMOVAL;

BIOFILTERS;

AMMONIA; NITRITE; NITROUS ACID;

AMMONIA OXIDIZING BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; BIOTRICKLING FILTER; COMPOSTING; EXHAUST GAS; INOCULATION; MANURE; NITRIFYING BACTERIUM; NITRITE OXIDIZING BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; TRICKLING FILTER; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL;

BOS; NITROSOMONADALES;

EID: 77954310661     PISSN: 1369703X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bej.2010.05.007     Document Type: Article

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