Impact of worm predation on pseudo-steady-state of the circulating fluidized bed biofilm reactor

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 128, Issue , 2013, Pages 281-289

  Li, Ming ^a   Nakhla, George ^a   Zhu, Jesse ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bioparticle circulation; Circulating fluidized bed biofilm reactor (CFBBR); Self balancing micro community; Worm predation

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOREACTORS; CARBON; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND;

BIOFILM REACTORS; BIOMASS YIELD; CARBON AND NITROGEN; CARBON SOURCE; CIRCULATING FLUIDIZED BED; EXPANDED BEDS; HIGH RATE; LOW SLUDGE PRODUCTION; NITROGEN SOURCES; OXYGEN CONCENTRATIONS; PSEUDO STEADY STATE; REACTION ZONES; RECIRCULATIONS; SELF-BALANCING; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS; SLUDGE REDUCTION; SODIUM ACETATE; TOTAL NITROGEN; VOLATILE SUSPENDED SOLIDS; WORM PREDATION;

FLUIDIZED BEDS;

ACETIC ACID; CARBON; NITROGEN; VOLATILE AGENT;

ACETATE; AQUATIC ORGANISM; BIOFILM; BIOREACTOR; CARBON; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NITROGEN; OXIC CONDITIONS; OXYGEN; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; PREDATION; STEADY-STATE EQUILIBRIUM;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; BIOFILM; BIOFILM REACTOR; BIOMASS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CIRCULATING FLUIDIZED BED BIOFILM REACTOR; OLIGOCHAETA; OXYGEN CONCENTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84870155898     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2012.10.069     Document Type: Article

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