Spatial and temporal variability in atmospheric nitrous oxide generation and emission from full-scale biological nitrogen removal and non-BNR processes

Water Environment Research

Volumn 82, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2362-2372

  Ahn, Joon Ho ^a   Kim, Sungpyo ^a   Park, Hongkeun ^a   Katehis, Dimitrios ^b   Pagilla, Krishna ^c   Chandran, Kartik ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b CH2M HILL   (United States)

^c Illinois Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological nitrogen removal; Nitrous oxide; Spatial and temporal variability

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; NITROGEN; NITROGEN OXIDES; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ATMOSPHERIC NITROUS OXIDE; BIOLOGICAL NITROGEN REMOVAL; NITROUS OXIDE; NITROUS OXIDE EMISSIONS; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; TOTAL KJELDAHL NITROGENS; U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

NITROGEN REMOVAL;

NITROUS OXIDE; NITROGEN;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; DIURNAL VARIATION; EMISSION; NITROGEN; NITROUS OXIDE; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; POLLUTION CONTROL; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WASTEWATER;

ADVECTION; AIR POLLUTION; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL NITROGEN REMOVAL; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DENITRIFICATION; EVAPORATION; FLOW RATE; HETEROTROPHY; NITRIFICATION; NITRIFYING BACTERIUM; NITROUS OXIDE EMISSION; OXYGEN CONCENTRATION; PLUG FLOW REACTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEP FEED PROCESS; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; BIOREMEDIATION; CHEMISTRY; SEWAGE; TIME; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANT;

UNITED STATES;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; NITROGEN; NITROUS OXIDE; TIME FACTORS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 78650936263     PISSN: 10614303     EISSN: 15547531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2175/106143010X12681059116897     Document Type: Article

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