Nitritation performance in membrane-aerated biofilm reactors differs from conventional biofilm systems

Water Research

Volumn 44, Issue 20, 2010, Pages 6073-6084

  Lackner, Susanne ^a,b,c   Terada, Akihiko ^a,d   Horn, Harald ^b   Henze, Mogens ^a   Smets, Barth F ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies   (Germany)

^d TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Membrane aerated biofilm reactor (MABR); Modeling; Nitritation; Oxygen transfer rate (OTR)

Indexed keywords

BIOREACTORS; MASS TRANSFER; MODELS; NITROGEN REMOVAL; OXYGEN;

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; LIQUID-PHASE MASS TRANSFER; MEMBRANE AERATED BIOFILM REACTORS (MABR); NITRITATION; NITROGEN REMOVAL VIA NITRITES; OXYGEN AFFINITY CONSTANTS; OXYGEN TRANSFER RATE; SUBSTRATE CONCENTRATIONS;

BIOFILMS;

NITROGEN; OXYGEN;

AMMONIUM; BIOFILM; BIOMASS; BIOREACTOR; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; INOCULATION; MASS TRANSFER; MEMBRANE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; OXIC CONDITIONS; POLLUTANT REMOVAL;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; BIOFILM REACTOR; BIOMASS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; GEOMETRY; INOCULATION; NITRIFICATION; OXYGEN AFFINITY; OXYGEN TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTOR OPERATION; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 77957333162     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2010.07.074     Document Type: Article

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