Characteristics of denitrifying granular sludge grown on nitrite medium in an upflow sludge blanket (USB) reactor

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 65, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1420-1427

  Jin, Xibiao ^a   Wang, Feng ^a   Liu, Guohong ^a   Liu, Yongdi ^a  

^a EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Denitrification; Granular sludge; Nitrite; USB

Indexed keywords

ASH CONTENTS; GRANULAR SLUDGE; HIGH DENSITY; INFLUENT FLOW RATE; MIXED LIQUOR SUSPENDED SOLIDS; NITRITE; NITRITE DENITRIFICATION; NITRITE REMOVAL; RDNA SEQUENCE; SETTLEABILITY; UPFLOW SLUDGE BLANKET; UPFLOW VELOCITY; USB;

ALKALINITY; DENITRIFICATION; PH EFFECTS;

GRANULAR MATERIALS;

NITRITE; RIBOSOME DNA;

BACTERIUM; BIOREACTOR; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DENITRIFICATION; DIAMETER; DOMINANCE; FLOW VELOCITY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GRANULAR MEDIUM; HYDRAULICS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NITRITE; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SETTLING VELOCITY; SLUDGE; SUSPENDED LOAD;

ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; ASH; DENITRIFICATION; DENSITY; DNA SEQUENCE; EFFLUENT; FLOW RATE; NITROSOMONAS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PH; SLUDGE; UPFLOW REACTOR;

BIOREACTORS; DENITRIFICATION; MICROBIAL CONSORTIA; NITRITES; SEWAGE;

EID: 84860185936     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2012.021     Document Type: Article

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