Advancing post-anoxic denitrification for biological nutrient removal

Water Research

Volumn 45, Issue 18, 2011, Pages 6119-6130

  Winkler, Matt ^a   Coats, Erik R ^a   Brinkman, Cynthia K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological nutrient removal (BNR); Enhanced biological phosphorus removal (EBPR); Glycogen accumulating organisms (GAOs); Polyphosphate accumulating organisms (PAOs); Post anoxic denitrification; QPCR; Secondary phosphorus release; Surface oxygen transfer

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; ANOXIC WATER; BACTERIA; BATCH REACTORS; DENITRIFICATION; EFFLUENTS; NITROGEN REMOVAL; NUTRIENTS; OXYGEN; PHOSPHORUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VOLATILE FATTY ACIDS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ANOXIC DENITRIFICATION; BIOLOGICAL NUTRIENT REMOVAL; ENHANCED BIOLOGICAL PHOSPHORUS REMOVAL; GLYCOGEN ACCUMULATING ORGANISMS; PHOSPHORUS RELEASE; POLYPHOSPHATE-ACCUMULATING ORGANISMS; QPCR; SURFACE OXYGEN;

BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT;

AMMONIA; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; GLYCOGEN; NITRATE; NITRITE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; POLYHYDROXYALKANOIC ACID; POLYPHOSPHATE; VOLATILE FATTY ACID;

ACETATE (ESTER); ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIOREACTOR; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DENITRIFICATION; DOMESTIC WASTE; FATTY ACID; NITRATE; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; PHOSPHORUS; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOLUBILITY; SUBSTRATE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; WASTEWATER;

ACCUMULIBACTER PHOSPHATIS; AERATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIOLOGICAL NUTRIENT REMOVAL; COMPETIBACTER PHOSPHATIS; DEFLUVICOCCUS; DENITRIFICATION; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN DIFFUSION; PHOSPHATE METABOLISM; POSTANOXIC DENITRIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCING BATCH REACTOR; SURFACE OXYGEN TRANSFER; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 80054037667     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2011.09.006     Document Type: Article

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