A distillery by-product as an external carbon source for enhancing denitrification in mainstream and sidestream treatment processes

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 64, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2072-2079

  Makinia, J ^a   Czerwionka, K ^a   Oleszkiewicz, J ^b   Kulbat, E ^a   Fudala Ksiazek, S ^a  

^a GDANSK UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Activated sludge; Batch test; Denitrification; External carbon source; Sidestream treatment

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BATCH EXPERIMENTS; BATCH TESTS; BIODEGRADABLE FRACTION; CARBON SOURCE; EXTERNAL CARBON SOURCE; FUSEL OIL; LAB-SCALE SEQUENCING; N REMOVAL; NITRATE UTILIZATION RATE; OPERATIONAL PERIODS; SIDE STREAMS; TREATMENT PROCESS;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; BATCH REACTORS; BIOMASS; CARBON; ETHANOL; EXPERIMENTS; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

DENITRIFICATION;

ALCOHOL; CARBON; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; NITRATE; NITROGEN;

ACCLIMATION; ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOMASS; BIOREACTOR; CARBON; DENITRIFICATION; DISTILLATION; ETHANOL; NITRATE; WASTEWATER;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ALKALINITY; ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BATCH REACTOR; BIOMASS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DENITRIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MEASUREMENT; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

ALCOHOLS; BIOLOGICAL OXYGEN DEMAND ANALYSIS; BIOMASS; CARBON; DISTILLATION; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN; PILOT PROJECTS; POLAND; SEWAGE; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 82655176466     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2011.624     Document Type: Article

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