Municipal wastewater treatment by biofiltration: Comparisons of various treatment layouts. Part 1: Assessment of carbon and nitrogen removal

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 65, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1705-1712

  Rocher, Vincent ^a   Paffoni, Catherine ^a   Gonçalves, Alexandre ^a   Guérin, Sabrina ^a   Azimi, Sam ^b   Gasperi, Johnny ^c   Moilleron, Régis ^c   Pauss, André ^d  

^a SIAAP   (France)

^b Site Seine Grésillons ^*  (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST CRÉTEIL   (France)

^d Université de Technologie de Compiègne   (France)

Author keywords

Biofiltration; Denitrification; Nitrogen removal; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC NITROGEN; BIOFILTRATION SYSTEMS; BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT; CARBON AND NITROGEN; EXPANDED CLAY; FLOWTHROUGH; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT; NITRATE CONCENTRATION; POST-DENITRIFICATION; REGULATORY THRESHOLDS; TECHNICAL INFORMATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING; BIOFILTERS; BIOFILTRATION; CARBON; LOADING; METHANOL; NITROGEN REMOVAL; OPTIMIZATION; POLLUTION; POLYSTYRENES; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

DENITRIFICATION;

AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE; CARBON; NITRATE; NITROGEN; POLYSTYRENE;

BIOACTIVITY; BIOFILTRATION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CARBON; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DENITRIFICATION; DESIGN METHOD; DOMESTIC WASTE; METHANOL; NITRATE; NITROGEN; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; REACTION KINETICS; REDUCTION; THRESHOLD; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; BIOFILTRATION; DENITRIFICATION; EFFLUENT; FRANCE; NITRIFICATION; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION;

CARBON; CITIES; FILTRATION; NITROGEN; TIME FACTORS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

FRANCE; ILE DE FRANCE; PARIS; VILLE DE PARIS;

EID: 84860814604     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2012.105     Document Type: Article

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