Modeling biological nutrient removal in a liquid-solid circulating fluidized bed bioreactor

Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology

Volumn 85, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1389-1401

  Chowdhury, Nabin ^a   Nakhla, George ^a   Sen, Dipankar ^b   Zhu, Jesse ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b Aquaregen   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Denitrification; Enhanced biological phosphorus removal; Nitrification; Simultaneous nitrification denitrification

Indexed keywords

AQUIFAS; BIOFILM DIFFUSION; BIOLOGICAL NUTRIENT REMOVAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ENHANCED BIOLOGICAL PHOSPHORUS REMOVAL; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FINAL EFFLUENTS; FIXED FILM; LABORATORY SCALE; LIQUID-SOLID CIRCULATING FLUIDIZED BEDS; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATERS; PILOT SCALE; PROCESS PERFORMANCE; SIMULTANEOUS NITRIFICATION DENITRIFICATIONS; SIMULTANEOUS NITRIFICATION/DENITRIFICATION;

BIOCONVERSION; BIOFILMS; BIOFILTERS; BIOREACTORS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DENITRIFICATION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; EFFLUENTS; FLUIDIZATION; FLUIDIZED BED PROCESS; FLUIDIZED BEDS; LIQUIDS; NITRIFICATION; NUTRIENTS; OXIDATION; PHOSPHORUS; WASTEWATER;

BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT;

AMMONIA; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHORUS;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; BIOREACTOR; EFFLUENT; LIQUID SOLID CIRCULATING FLUIDIZED BED BIOREACTOR; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 77956663079     PISSN: 02682575     EISSN: 10974660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jctb.2445     Document Type: Article

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