Nitrification performance of nitrifying bacteria immobilized in waterborne Polyurethane at low ammonia nitrogen concentrations

Journal of Environmental Sciences

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 366-371

  Dong, Yamei ^a   Zhang, Zhenjia ^a   Jin, Yongwei ^a   Li, Zhirong ^a   Lu, Jian ^b  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Immobilized nitrifying bacteria; Low ammonia concentrations; Micro polluted source water; Nitrification characteristics; Waterborne polyurethane

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA CONCENTRATIONS; AMMONIA NITROGEN; DISSOLVED OXYGEN CONCENTRATIONS; EFFECTS OF TEMPERATURE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; HYDRAULIC RETENTION TIME; IMMOBILIZED CELLS; INNER-CIRCULATION; LOW AMMONIA CONCENTRATIONS; MICRO-POLLUTED SOURCE WATER; NITRIFYING BACTERIA; POLLUTION SOURCES; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS; REMOVAL RATE; SOURCE WATERS; WATERBORNE POLYURETHANE;

AMMONIA; BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CELL CULTURE; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DENITRIFICATION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; NITROGEN REMOVAL; OXIDATION; PELLETIZING; PH EFFECTS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE; WATER POLLUTION; WATER TREATMENT;

NITRIFICATION;

AMMONIA; NITROGEN; POLYURETHAN; WATER;

AMMONIA; BACTERIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; IMMOBILIZATION; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN; PH; POLLUTANT SOURCE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; NITRIFICATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PH; TEMPERATURE; WATER POLLUTANT;

AMMONIA; BACTERIA; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; POLYURETHANES; TEMPERATURE; WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS;

EID: 79952592389     PISSN: 10010742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1001-0742(10)60418-4     Document Type: Article

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