Excess cell mass as an internal carbon source for biological denitrification

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 101, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1787-1791

  Biradar, Prashant M ^a   Roy, S B ^b   D'Souza, S F ^b   Pandit, A B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUMBAI   (India)

^b BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Activated sludge disruption; Biological denitrification; Hydrodynamic cavitation; Soluble chemical oxygen demand

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL FILTER BEDS; CAVITATION; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FLUID DYNAMICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; NITRATES; SODIUM; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BIOLOGICAL DENITRIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; DENITRIFICATION RATE; EXCESS ACTIVATED SLUDGES; HYDRODYNAMIC CAVITATIONS; SOLUBLE CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMANDS; ULTRASONIC CAVITATION;

DENITRIFICATION;

ACETIC ACID; NITRATE; NITRITE; CARBON; NITROGEN; OXYGEN;

ACTIVATED CARBON; BIOASSAY; CARBON; CAVITATION; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENITRIFICATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HYDRODYNAMICS; NITRATE; REACTION KINETICS;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CARBON SOURCE; DENITRIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; BIOREACTOR; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; KINETICS; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; SEWAGE; TIME; ULTRASOUND; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANT;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOREACTORS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CARBON; KINETICS; NITRATES; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; SEWAGE; SODIUM ACETATE; TIME FACTORS; ULTRASONICS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 77958170267     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2009.10.049     Document Type: Article

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