Biological nutrient removal from leachate using a pilot liquid-solid circulating fluidized bed bioreactor (LSCFB)

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 181, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 289-297

  Eldyasti, Ahmed ^a   Chowdhury, Nabin ^a   Nakhla, George ^a   Zhu, Jesse ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biomass yield; Denitrification; Landfill leachate; Liquid solid circulating fluidized bed; Nitrification

Indexed keywords

ADELAIDE; BIODEGRADABLE ORGANIC MATTER; BIOLOGICAL NUTRIENT REMOVAL; BIOLOGICAL SOLIDS; BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT; BIOMASS YIELD; COMMERCIAL VIABILITY; CONTACT TIME; LANDFILL LEACHATES; LAVA ROCKS; LEACHATES; LIQUID-SOLID CIRCULATING FLUIDIZED BED; LIQUID-SOLID CIRCULATING FLUIDIZED BEDS; LOADING RATE; LOW CARBON; LOW-YIELD; MOVING BED; NITROGEN REMOVAL EFFICIENCY; NUTRIENT REMOVAL; ONTARIO , CANADA; PHOSPHORUS REMOVAL; PILOT SCALE; POLLUTION CONTROL PLANTS; TOTAL POROSITY; UPFLOW ANAEROBIC SLUDGE BLANKETS;

BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING; BIOCONVERSION; BIOREACTORS; DENITRIFICATION; EFFLUENTS; FLUIDIZATION; FLUIDIZED BED PROCESS; FLUIDIZED BEDS; LEACHING; LIQUIDS; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN; NITROGEN REMOVAL; NUTRIENTS; OXIDATION; PHOSPHORUS; POLLUTION CONTROL; REFUSE DISPOSAL;

LEACHATE TREATMENT;

NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; CARBON; SEWAGE;

AMMONIA; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIODEGRADATION; BIOMASS; BIOREACTOR; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DENITRIFICATION; LANDFILL; LEACHATE; NITROGEN; ORGANIC MATTER; PHOSPHORUS; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SEWER NETWORK;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADABILITY; BIOLOGICAL NUTRIENT REMOVAL; BIOMASS; BIOREACTOR; DENITRIFICATION; LANDFILL LEACHATE; LIQUID SOLID CIRCULATING FLUIDIZED BED BIOREACTOR; NITRIFICATION; SLUDGE TREATMENT; UPFLOW REACTOR; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; ANAEROBIC GROWTH; BIOREMEDIATION; FOOD; MICROBIOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; POROSITY; SEWAGE;

ANAEROBIOSIS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOREACTORS; CARBON; FOOD; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PILOT PROJECTS; POROSITY; SEWAGE;

EID: 77954536273     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2010.05.010     Document Type: Article

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