Biological nitrogen and carbon removal in a gravity flow biomass concentrator reactor for municipal sewage treatment

Chemosphere

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1412-1418

  Scott, Daniel ^a   Hidaka, Taira ^a,d   Campo, Pablo ^a   Kleiner, Eric ^b   Suidan, Makram T ^c   Venosa, Albert D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^d KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biomass concentrator reactor; Gravity flow; Membrane filtration; Nitrogen removal; Solids retention times

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BIOLOGICAL SEWAGE TREATMENT; BIOMASS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); MICROFILTRATION; ORGANIC CARBON; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ALTERNATIVE TECHNOLOGIES; COD REMOVAL EFFICIENCY; GRAVITY FLOWS; HYDRAULIC RETENTION TIME; MEMBRANE FILTRATIONS; MUNICIPAL SEWAGE TREATMENTS; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATERS; SOLIDS RETENTION TIME;

NITROGEN REMOVAL;

AMMONIA; CARBON; NITROGEN; ORGANIC CARBON;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIOMASS; BIOREACTOR; CARBON; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; GRAVITY FLOW; MEMBRANE; NITROGEN; OXIC CONDITIONS; OXIDATION; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SEWAGE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; BIOMASS CONCENTRATOR REACTOR; FLOW KINETICS; FLOW RATE; GRAVITY; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; NITRIFICATION; OXIDATION; SEWAGE TREATMENT; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84871713003     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2012.08.045     Document Type: Article

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