A biofiltration model for tertiary nitrification of municipal wastewaters

Water Research

Volumn 44, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 4399-4410

  Vigne, Emmanuelle ^a,b   Choubert, Jean Marc ^b   Canler, Jean Pierre ^b   Héduit, Alain ^c   Sorensen, Kim ^d   Lessard, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b UR MALY   (France)

^c CEMAGREF   (France)

^d Veolia Water   (France)

Author keywords

Dynamic modelling; Parameter estimation; Submerged biofiltration; Tertiary nitrification

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; BACTERIA; BIOFILMS; BIOFILTERS; BIOFILTRATION; DYNAMIC MODELS; EFFLUENTS; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; NITROGEN REMOVAL; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

AUTOTROPHIC BACTERIA; AUTOTROPHIC BIOMASS; BIOFILTRATION MODELING; BIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; HYDRAULIC LOADING RATES; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATERS; REMOVAL PERFORMANCE; THEORETICAL APPROACH;

NITRIFICATION;

NITROGEN;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AERATION; BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; BIOFILTRATION; DOMESTIC WASTE; HYDRAULICS; MODEL VALIDATION; NITRIFICATION; PARAMETERIZATION; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SOFTWARE; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

AERATION; ARTICLE; AUTOTROPHY; BIOFILM; BIOFILTRATION; BIOMASS; DENSITY; EFFLUENT; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; NITRIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THICKNESS; VALIDATION STUDY; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER;

EID: 77955269141     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2010.06.005     Document Type: Article

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