Understanding the detrimental effect of nitrate presence on EBPR systems: Effect of the plant configuration

Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology

Volumn 87, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1508-1511

  Guerrero, Javier ^a   Tayà, Carlota ^a   Guisasola, Albert ^a   Baeza, Juan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Carbon source; Competition; Denitrification; EBPR; Inhibition; Nitrate

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC/AEROBIC; BATCH EXPERIMENTS; BIOLOGICAL NITROGEN REMOVAL; CARBON SOURCE; CONTINUOUS PLANT; DENITRIFYING BACTERIA; EBPR; ENHANCED BIOLOGICAL PHOSPHORUS REMOVAL; INHIBITORY EFFECT; NITRATE CONCENTRATION; OPERATIONAL CONDITIONS; POLYPHOSPHATE-ACCUMULATING ORGANISMS; PROPIONIC ACIDS; SEQUENTIAL BATCH REACTORS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS; WORK STUDY;

ACETIC ACID; BACTERIA; BATCH REACTORS; CARBON; COMPETITION; DENITRIFICATION; ENZYME INHIBITION; PILOT PLANTS; SUGAR (SUCROSE); WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

NITRATES;

ACETIC ACID; CARBON; NITRATE; POLYPHOSPHATE; PROPIONIC ACID; SUCROSE;

ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; DENITRIFYING BACTERIUM; ENHANCED BIOLOGICAL PHOSPHORUS REMOVAL; NONHUMAN; SEQUENCING BATCH REACTOR; SLUDGE; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84866729554     PISSN: 02682575     EISSN: 10974660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jctb.3812     Document Type: Article

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