Uncertainty modelling to evaluate nitrogen balances as a tool to determine N 2 and N 2O formation in ammonia bioscrubbers

Environmental Engineering Science

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 520-525

  Estelles, Fernando ^a   Calvet, Salvador ^a   Melse, Roland W ^b   Ogink, Nico W M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

biological scrubber; bioscrubber; component error analysis; N 2; N 2O; NH 3; uncertainty model

Indexed keywords

AIR FLOW-RATE; BIOSCRUBBERS; BIOTRICKLING; DENITRIFICATION PROCESS; GASEOUS AMMONIA; GREENHOUSE WARMING; N BALANCE; N-COMPOUNDS; NH 3; NITROGEN BALANCE; STANDARD UNCERTAINTY; UNCERTAINTY MODELLING; UNCERTAINTY MODELS; WATER PHASE; WATER VOLUMES;

BIOFILTRATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; NITROGEN; RATING; SCRUBBERS;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

AMMONIA; NITRATE; NITRITE; NITROGEN; NITROUS OXIDE;

AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; DENITRIFICATION; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; NITROGEN BALANCE; SCRUBBER; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84862183808     PISSN: 10928758     EISSN: 15579018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ees.2011.0189     Document Type: Article

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