Using carrier surface loading to design heterotrophic denitrification reactors

Journal / American Water Works Association

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 68-78

  Tang, Youneng ^a   Ziv El, Michal ^a   Zhou, Chen ^a   Shin, Jung Hun ^b   Ahn, Chang Hoon ^c   Meyer, Kerry ^d   Mcquarrie, James ^d   Candelaria, Daniel ^d   Swaim, Paul ^d   Scott, Rick ^e   Rittmann, Bruce E ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LG Electronics Inc   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^d HDR's Sacramento Calif Office   (United States)

^e Seattle Public Utilities   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; DENITRIFICATION; NITRATES;

EMPTY BED CONTACT TIME; HETEROTROPHIC DENITRIFICATION; NEW APPROACHES; NITRATE CONCENTRATION; PRIMARY DESIGN; SURFACE LOADING; TOTAL BIOMASS; VOLUMETRIC LOADING;

LOADING;

EID: 79955389242     PISSN: 0003150X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1551-8833.2011.tb11421.x     Document Type: Article

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