Achieving nitritation and anammox enrichment in a single moving-bed biofilm reactor treating reject water

Environmental Technology

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 703-710

  Zekker, I ^a   Rikmann, E ^a   Tenno, T ^a   Saluste, A ^a   Tomingas, M ^a   Menert, A ^b   Loorits, L ^b   Lemmiksoo, Vallo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b TALLINN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Estonia)

Author keywords

ammonium; anammox; bicarbonate; deammonification; moving bed biofilm reactor; nitritation

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; BIOFILMS; BIOREACTORS; NITROGEN REMOVAL; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

AMMONIUM; ANAMMOX; BICARBONATE; DEAMMONIFICATION; MOVING-BED BIOFILM REACTOR; NITRITATION;

BACTERIA;

BICARBONATE; NITROGEN;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIOFILM; BIOREACTOR; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLVED OXYGEN; INHIBITION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NITRITE; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; WATER TREATMENT;

ANAMMOX BACTERIA; ARTICLE; BIOFILM REACTOR; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DENITRIFICATION; NITRATION; NITROBACTER; NONHUMAN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDATUS NITROSPIRA DEFLUVII; NITROBACTER; UNCULTURED PLANCTOMYCETALES BACTERIUM;

EID: 84859207842     PISSN: 09593330     EISSN: 1479487X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09593330.2011.588962     Document Type: Article

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