Nitrogen removal assessment through nitrification rates and media biofilm accumulation in an IFAS process demonstration study

Water Research

Volumn 45, Issue 20, 2011, Pages 6699-6708

  Regmi, Pusker ^a   Thomas, Wes ^b   Schafran, Gary ^a   Bott, Charles ^c   Rutherford, Bob ^c   Waltrip, David ^c  

^a Old Dominion University   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HAMPTON ROADS SANITATION DISTRICT   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofilm carriers; IFAS; MLE; Nitrogen; Nutrient removal

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BACTERIA; BIOFILMS; CLARIFICATION; DEMONSTRATIONS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

AMMONIA AND NITRITE OXIDIZING BACTERIA; BIOFILM CARRIERS; BIOMASS CONCENTRATIONS; IFAS; MODIFIED LUDZACK ETTINGER; NITROGEN TRANSFORMATIONS; NUTRIENT REMOVAL; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

NITROGEN REMOVAL;

AMMONIA; NITROGEN DERIVATIVE;

AERATION; AMMONIA; BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; BIOMASS; CARBON; FUNGUS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AERATION; ARTICLE; BIOFILM; BIOMASS; CARBON SOURCE; COLD EXPOSURE; DENITRIFICATION; FUNGAL CONTAMINATION; INTEGRATED FIXED FILM ACTIVATED SLUDGE; NITRIFICATION; NITRITE OXIDIZING BACTERIUM; NITROGEN CONCENTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI;

EID: 81355146336     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2011.10.009     Document Type: Article

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