Fate of organic nitrogen in four biological nutrient removal wastewater treatment plants

Water Environment Research

Volumn 82, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2306-2315

  Sattayatewa, Chakkrid ^a   Pagilla, Krishna ^a   Sharp, Robert ^b   Pitt, Paul ^c  

^a Illinois Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b MANHATTAN COLLEGE   (United States)

^c Vice President Residuals Group Practice Leader   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological nutrient removal; Colloidal organic nitrogen; Dissolved organic nitrogen; Low effluent nitrogen

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; DISSOLUTION; FILTRATION; FLOCCULATION; MICROFILTRATION; NITROGEN; NITROGEN REMOVAL; NUTRIENTS; RECLAMATION; SEWAGE PUMPING PLANTS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

BIOLOGICAL NUTRIENT REMOVAL; COLLOIDAL FRACTIONS; DISSOLVED ORGANIC NITROGEN; FILTRATION METHODS; ORGANIC NITROGEN; SIZE FRACTIONATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PROCESS;

EFFLUENTS;

AMMONIA; CARBON; NITRATE; NITRITE; ORGANIC NITROGEN; NITROGEN;

COLLOID; DISSOLVED ORGANIC NITROGEN; EFFLUENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FILTRATION; FLOCCULATION; FRACTIONATION; MEMBRANE; NUTRIENT CYCLING; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIOLOGICAL NUTRIENT REMOVAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DISINFECTION; EFFLUENT; FILTRATION; FLOCCULATION; FLOW RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER RECYCLING; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METHODOLOGY; RIVER; SEWAGE; WATER POLLUTANT;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; NITROGEN; RIVERS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 79952254427     PISSN: 10614303     EISSN: 15547531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2175/106143010X12609736966324     Document Type: Article

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