Comparing heterotrophic and hydrogen-based autotrophic denitrification reactors for effluent water quality and post-treatment

Water Science and Technology: Water Supply

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 227-233

  Tang, Youneng ^a   Ziv El, Michal ^a   Meyer, Kerry ^b   Zhou, Chen ^a   Shin, Jung Hun ^a   Ahn, Chang Hoon ^a   McQuarrie, James ^b   Candelaria, Daniel ^b   Swaim, Paul ^b   Scott, Rick ^c   Rittmann, Bruce E ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CH2M HILL   (United States)

^c City of Glendale   (United States)

Author keywords

Autotrophic denitrification; Heterotrophic denitrification; Post treatment; Water quality

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CARBON; DENITRIFICATION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; EFFLUENTS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; NITRATES; ORGANIC CARBON; PACKED BEDS; POTABLE WATER; WATER; WATER QUALITY;

AUTOTROPHIC DENITRIFICATION; CONTAMINATED GROUNDWATER; DENITRIFICATION REACTORS; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; DRINKING WATER STANDARDS; HETEROTROPHIC DENITRIFICATION; HETEROTROPHIC PLATE COUNTS; POST TREATMENT;

WATER TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED CARBON; GROUND WATER; NITRATE; ORGANIC CARBON; OZONE; SULFATE;

BIODEGRADATION; BIOREACTOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENITRIFICATION; DRINKING WATER; EFFLUENT; FILTER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDROGEN; MEMBRANE; NITRATE; OZONE; TURBIDITY; WASTE TREATMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM REACTOR; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENITRIFICATION; DISINFECTION; EFFLUENT; FLOW RATE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROGEN BASED MEMBRANE BIOFILM REACTOR; OXYGENATION; PACKED BED REACTOR; PH; SAND; TURBIDITY; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 84859596616     PISSN: 16069749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/ws.2012.138     Document Type: Article

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