Nitritation and denitritation of domestic wastewater using a continuous anaerobic-anoxic-aerobic (A2O) process at ambient temperatures

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 101, Issue 21, 2010, Pages 8074-8082

  Zeng, Wei ^a   Li, Lei ^a   Yang, Yingying ^a   Wang, Shuying ^a   Peng, Yongzhen ^a  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Ammonia oxidizing bacteria (AOB); Anaerobic anoxic aerobic (A2O) process; Domestic wastewater; Nitritation; Real time PCR

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT TEMPERATURES; AMMONIA OXIDIZING BACTERIA; AMMONIA REMOVAL; CARBON SOURCE; DENITRITATION; DOMESTIC WASTEWATER; HYDRAULIC RETENTION TIME; LOW DISSOLVED OXYGEN; NITRIFICATION-DENITRIFICATION; NITRITATION; NITRITE ACCUMULATION; PARTIAL NITRIFICATION; REAL-TIME PCR; REAL-TIME PCR ASSAY; SLUDGE BULKING; SLUDGE VOLUME INDEX; TOTAL NITROGEN REMOVAL;

AMMONIA; BACTERIOLOGY; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; COST REDUCTION; DENITRIFICATION; DISSOLUTION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; NITRATION; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN REMOVAL; OXIDATION; POPULATION STATISTICS; SEWAGE SLUDGE; TEMPERATURE; WASTEWATER;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

AMMONIA; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; NITRITE; NITROGEN; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; OXYGEN; SEWAGE;

ASSAY; CARBON; CHEMICAL ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DENITRIFICATION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SLUDGE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

AERATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CARBON SOURCE; CONTINUOUS ANAEROBIC ANOXIC AEROBIC PROCESS; COST; DEFLUORINATION; DENITRIFICATION; DENITRITATION; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; NITRIFICATION; NITRITRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SLUDGE; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; AEROBIC METABOLISM; ANAEROBIC GROWTH; BACTERIA; BIOREMEDIATION; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PROCEDURES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEWAGE; SOLUBILITY; TEMPERATURE; TIME; WATER MANAGEMENT;

AEROBIOSIS; AMMONIA; ANAEROBIOSIS; BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; NITRATES; NITRITES; NITROGEN; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXYGEN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEWAGE; SOLUBILITY; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER PURIFICATION;

NITROSOMONADALES;

EID: 77954533367     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2010.05.098     Document Type: Article

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