Modification of nitrifying biofilm into nitritating one by combination of increased free ammonia concentrations, lowered HRT and dissolved oxygen concentration

Journal of Environmental Sciences

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1113-1121

  Zekker, Ivar ^a   Rikmann, Ergo ^a   Tenno, Toomas ^a   Menert, Anne ^b   Lemmiksoo, Vallo ^a   Saluste, Alar ^a   Tenno, Taavo ^a   Tomingas, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b TALLINN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Free ammonia; Moving bed biofilm reactor; Nitrite accumulation ratio; Specific nitrite oxidation rate

Indexed keywords

AIR SUPPLY; BATCH TESTS; BIO-CARRIERS; BIOFILM SYSTEMS; DISSOLVED OXYGEN CONCENTRATIONS; EFFICIENT STRATEGY; FORMATION RATES; FREE AMMONIA; HYDRAULIC RETENTION TIME; MAIN CONTROL PARAMETERS; MOVING-BED BIOFILM REACTOR; NITRIFICATION KINETICS; NITRIFYING ACTIVITY; NITRIFYING BIOFILMS; NITRIFYING BIOMASS; NITRITATION; NITRITE ACCUMULATION; OXIDATION RATES; SHORT PERIODS; SLUDGE TREATMENT; SPECIFIC NITRITE OXIDATION RATE; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

AMMONIA; BIOFILMS; BIOREACTORS; DENITRIFICATION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; NITRATION; OXIDATION; OXYGEN SUPPLY; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

NITRIFICATION;

AMMONIA; NITRITE; OXYGEN;

AMMONIA; BIOFILM; NITRIFICATION; NITRITE; OPTIMIZATION; OXIDATION; OXYGEN; REACTION KINETICS;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; BIOREACTOR; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; NITRIFICATION;

AMMONIA; BIOFILMS; BIOREACTORS; NITRIFICATION; NITRITES; OXYGEN;

EID: 79960358195     PISSN: 10010742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1001-0742(10)60523-2     Document Type: Article

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