Nitrous oxide emissions and dissolved oxygen profiling in a full-scale nitrifying activated sludge treatment plant

Water Research

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 524-534

  Aboobakar, Amina ^a   Cartmell, Elise ^a   Stephenson, Tom ^a   Jones, Mark ^b   Vale, Peter ^b   Dotro, Gabriela ^a,b  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b SEVERN TRENT WATER LTD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbon footprint; Denitrification; Dissolved oxygen; Nitrification; Nitrous oxide; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; AMMONIA; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FOOTPRINT; DISSOLUTION; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN; NITROGEN OXIDES;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PLANTS; ACTIVATED SLUDGE TREATMENT PLANT; AMMONIA LOADING; MGO; NITRIFYING ACTIVATED SLUDGES; NITROUS OXIDE; NITROUS OXIDE EMISSIONS; ONLINE CONTINUOUS MONITORING; OXYGEN LOADING; TOTAL NITROGEN;

DISSOLVED OXYGEN;

AMMONIA; CARBON DIOXIDE; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; NITROUS OXIDE;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AERATION; AMMONIA; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; AUTOTROPHY; CARBON FOOTPRINT; DENITRIFICATION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; DIURNAL VARIATION; NITROUS OXIDE; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SPATIAL VARIATION;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AERATION; ANOXIA; ARTICLE; AUTOTROPHY; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY RESOURCE; HETEROTROPHY; NITRIFICATION; NITROUS OXIDE EMISSION; OXYGENATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT; SLUDGE TREATMENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84871495920     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2012.10.004     Document Type: Article

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