Comparison of polyurethane foam and biodegradable polymer as carriers in moving bed biofilm reactor for treating wastewater with a low C/N ratio

Chemosphere

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 63-68

  Chu, Libing ^a   Wang, Jianlong ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Moving bed biofilm reactor; Nitrogen removal; Simultaneous nitrification and denitrification; Solid carbon source; Soluble microbial products

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADABLE POLYMERS; BIOFILMS; BIOREACTORS; DENITRIFICATION; EFFLUENTS; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN REMOVAL; POLYURETHANES; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

EXCITATION EMISSION MATRICES; HYDRAULIC RETENTION TIME; MOVING BED BIOFILM REACTORS; POLYURETHANE FOAMS; SIMULTANEOUS NITRIFICATION AND DENITRIFICATION; SOLID CARBON SOURCES; SOLUBLE MICROBIAL PRODUCTS; TOTAL NITROGEN REMOVAL;

CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT);

AMMONIA; CARBON; NITROGEN; ORGANIC COMPOUND; POLYCAPROLACTONE; POLYMER; POLYURETHAN FOAM;

AMMONIUM; BIODEGRADATION; BIOFILM; BIOREACTOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOAM; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; POLYMER; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; BED BIOFILM REACTOR; BIODEGRADABILITY; BIOFILM REACTOR; CARBON NITROGEN RATIO; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENITRIFICATION; EFFLUENT; EXCITATION; HYDRAULIC RETENTION TIME; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; REACTION TIME; REDUCTION; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 79951853329     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2010.12.077     Document Type: Article

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