Effect of sludge age on simultaneous nitrification and denitrification in membrane bioreactor

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 102, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 6665-6672

  Hocaoglu, S Murat ^a   Insel, G ^b   Ubay Cokgor, E ^b   Orhon, D ^b,c  

^a MATERIALS INSTITUTE   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c Turkish Academy of Sciences   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Black water; Membrane bioreactor; Modelling; Simultaneous nitrification denitrification(SNdN); Sludge age

Indexed keywords

BLACK WATER; MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; MODELLING; SIMULTANEOUS NITRIFICATION/DENITRIFICATION; SLUDGE AGE;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIOCONVERSION; BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENITRIFICATION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; MEMBRANES; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN REMOVAL; OXIDATION;

BIOREACTORS;

DISSOLVED OXYGEN; NITROGEN;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIOREACTOR; CALIBRATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DENITRIFICATION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; MEMBRANE; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; REACTION KINETICS; SATURATION; SLUDGE; VISCOSITY;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CALIBRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENITRIFICATION; MEMBRANE REACTOR; NITRIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; SLUDGE; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

AGE FACTORS; BIOREACTORS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENITRIFICATION; FLOCCULATION; KINETICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NITRIFICATION; SEWAGE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

EID: 79955604105     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2011.03.096     Document Type: Article

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