Effect of oxic and anoxic conditions on nitrous oxide emissions from nitrification and denitrification processes

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 108, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2036-2045

  Rassamee, Varit ^a   Sattayatewa, Chakkrid ^a   Pagilla, Krishna ^a   Chandran, Kartik ^b  

^a Illinois Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Biological nitrogen removal (BNR); Denitrification; Greenhouse gas (GHG); Nitrification; Nitrous oxide (N 2O)

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC CONDITION; AIR STRIPPING; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; ANOXIC DENITRIFICATION; ANOXIC PHASIS; BIOLOGICAL NITROGEN REMOVAL; CONTROLLED CONDITIONS; DISSOLVED OXYGEN CONCENTRATIONS; DO CONCENTRATION; INTERMITTENT AERATION; LAB-SCALE SEQUENCING; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATERS; NITRIFICATION AND DENITRIFICATION; NITROUS OXIDE; NITROUS OXIDE EMISSIONS; SIMULATED WASTEWATER;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; ANESTHETICS; ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; BATCH REACTORS; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN OXIDES; NITROGEN REMOVAL; OXIDATION; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

DENITRIFICATION;

DISSOLVED OXYGEN; NITRITE; NITROUS OXIDE;

AERATION; AIR; ANOXIA; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; DENITRIFICATION; NITRIFICATION; NITROUS OXIDE EMISSION; SEQUENCING BATCH REACTOR; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

AEROBIOSIS; ANAEROBIOSIS; BIOREACTORS; DENITRIFICATION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NITRIFICATION; NITROUS OXIDE; OXYGEN; SEWAGE; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 79960450832     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: 10970290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bit.23147     Document Type: Article

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