A design model for nitrification on structured cross flow plastic media trickling filters

Water and Environment Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 257-265

  Pearce, P ^a   Edwards, W ^a  

^a THAMES WATER UTILITIES LTD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Modelling; Nitrification; Plastic media; Trickling filter

Indexed keywords

AMMONIACAL NITROGEN; CROSS FLOWS; DATA GATHERING; DEPTH PROFILE; DESIGN MODELS; DIURNAL RANGES; EFFLUENT CONCENTRATIONS; EMPIRICAL MODEL; HETEROTROPHS; HYDRAULIC LOADING RATES; MODELLING; NITRIFYING BIOMASS; OXYGEN DEMAND; OXYGEN TRANSFER; PLASTIC MEDIA; TRICKLING FILTER;

DENITRIFICATION; EFFLUENTS; FILTERS (FOR FLUIDS); HYDRAULIC MODELS; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; NITRIFICATION; OXIDATION; OXYGEN;

LOADING;

NITROGEN;

AUTOTROPHY; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIOMASS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; DATA ACQUISITION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FILTER; NITRIFICATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLASTIC; PREDICTION; SOLUBILITY;

ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIOMASS; CROSS FLOW PLASTIC MEDIA TRICKLING FILTER; EFFLUENT; MODEL; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN CONCENTRATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRICKLING FILTER; WATER FLOW;

EID: 79955744298     PISSN: 17476585     EISSN: 17476593     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-6593.2010.00218.x     Document Type: Article

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