Anammox sludge immobilized in polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) cryogel carriers

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 114, Issue , 2012, Pages 231-240

  Magrí, Albert ^a   Vanotti, Matias B ^a   Szögi, Ariel A ^a  

^a USDA ARS   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaerobic ammonium oxidation (anammox); Gel cell entrapment; Immobilization; Nitrite inhibition; Swine wastewater

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC AMMONIUM OXIDATION; ANAMMOX; CONTINUOUS STIRRED TANK REACTOR; CRYOGELS; DEAMMONIFICATION; FREEZING-THAWING; IMMOBILIZED BACTERIA; MASS BALANCE; NITRITE INHIBITION; NON-STERILE CONDITION; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL (PVA); REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; SWINE WASTEWATER;

BACTERIA; CELL IMMOBILIZATION; PELLETIZING; RADIOACTIVE WASTE VITRIFICATION; STOICHIOMETRY; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

NITROGEN REMOVAL;

NITROGEN; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL;

BACTERIUM; BIOREACTOR; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GEL; IMMOBILIZATION; INHIBITION; MASS BALANCE; NITRITE; PIG; SLUDGE; STOICHIOMETRY; WASTEWATER;

ANAEROBIC AMMONIUM OXIDATION; ANAMMOX BACTERIA; ARTICLE; BROCADIA CAROLINIENSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTINUOUS STIRRED TANK REACTOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOGEL; ENCAPSULATION; FREEZE THAWING; NONHUMAN; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL CRYOGEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; SLUDGE TREATMENT; STOICHIOMETRY;

AMMONIA; BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; CELLS, IMMOBILIZED; CRYOGELS; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL; SEWAGE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

SUIDAE;

EID: 84860475218     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2012.03.077     Document Type: Article

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