The effect of pH on N2O production under aerobic conditions in a partial nitritation system

Water Research

Volumn 45, Issue 18, 2011, Pages 5934-5944

  Law, Yingyu ^a   Lant, Paul ^a   Yuan, Zhiguo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ammonia oxidising bacteria; Anaerobic digester liquor; Greenhouse gas emissions; Nitrous oxide; Partial nitritation; PH; Sequencing batch reactor; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; ANOXIC WATER; BACTERIA; BATCH REACTORS; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; NITROGEN OXIDES; PH; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

AMMONIA OXIDISING BACTERIA; ANAEROBIC DIGESTER; NITROUS OXIDE; PARTIAL NITRITATION; SEQUENCING BATCH REACTORS;

PH EFFECTS;

NITROUS OXIDE; NITRATE; NITRITE; NITROUS ACID; OXYGEN; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE;

AMMONIA; BACTERIUM; EMISSION; GREENHOUSE GAS; NITRITE; NITROUS OXIDE; OXIC CONDITIONS; PH; TRANSFORMATION; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ACIDITY; AEROBIC REACTOR; AMMONIUM UPTAKE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; NITRIFICATION; NITROUS OXIDE EMISSION; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCING BATCH REACTOR; AEROBIC METABOLISM; BATCH CELL CULTURE; BIOREACTOR; FLOW KINETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION;

AEROBIOSIS; BATCH CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; BIOREACTORS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; NITRATES; NITRIFICATION; NITRITES; NITROUS ACID; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXYGEN; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; RHEOLOGY;

EID: 80054035112     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2011.08.055     Document Type: Article

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