Long-term starvation and subsequent reactivation of a high-rate partial nitrification activated sludge pilot plant

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 102, Issue 21, 2011, Pages 9870-9875

  Torà, Josep A ^a   Lafuente, Javier ^a   Baeza, Juan A ^a   Carrera, Julián ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Decay rate; Idle; Nitritation; Recovery; Shutdown

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AMMONIA OXIDIZING BACTERIA; BIOMASS ACTIVITY; CONTROL LOOP; DECAY RATE; HIGH RATE; IDLE; NITRITATION; NITRITE ACCUMULATION; NITROGEN LOADING; PARTIAL NITRIFICATION; SHUTDOWN;

AEROBIC BACTERIA; AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; DECAY (ORGANIC); DENITRIFICATION; EFFLUENTS; NITRATION; NITRIFICATION; OXIDATION; PILOT PLANTS; PLANT SHUTDOWNS; RECOVERY;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS;

AMMONIA; NITRITE; NITROGEN;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AMMONIUM; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOACTIVITY; BIOMASS; BIOREACTOR; CHEMICAL ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; CORRELATION; MEASUREMENT METHOD; NITRIFICATION; NITRITE; OXIDATION; STARVATION;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AEROBIC REACTOR; AMMONIA OXIDIZING BACTERIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIOMASS; DECOMPOSITION; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN LOADING RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STARVATION;

AEROBIOSIS; AMMONIA; ANAEROBIOSIS; BACTERIA; BIOMASS; BIOREACTORS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; KINETICS; NITRATES; NITRIFICATION; NITRITES; NITROGEN; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXYGEN; PILOT PROJECTS; SEWAGE; SOLUBILITY; TIME FACTORS;

NITROSOMONADALES;

EID: 80053106056     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2011.08.008     Document Type: Article

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