Biological Cr(VI) removal coupled with biomass growth, biomass decay, and multiple substrate limitation

Water Research

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 3034-3046

  Contreras, E M ^a,b   Ferro Orozco, A M ^a   Zaritzky, N E ^a,b  

^a Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Activated sludge; Chromium toxicity; Cr(VI) reduction; Kinetic parameter; Mathematical modeling; Nitrogen to carbon ratio

Indexed keywords

BATCH CELL CULTURE; BIOMASS; CARBON; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHROMATES; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ECOLOGY; KINETIC PARAMETERS; NITROGEN REMOVAL;

% REDUCTIONS; ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BIOMASS GROWTH; CARBON RATIO; CARBON SOURCE; CHROMIUM TOXICITY; CR(VI) REDUCTION; KINETICS PARAMETER; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; NITROGEN TO CARBON RATIO;

NITROGEN;

AMMONIA; CARBON; CHROMIUM; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; LACTOSE; NITROGEN; OXIDOREDUCTASE;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BIOMASS; CALIBRATION; CHROMIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GROWTH RATE; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; REACTION KINETICS; REDUCTION; SUBSTRATE;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION; STEADY STATE;

EID: 79955415559     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2011.03.011     Document Type: Article

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