Simultaneous carbon and nutrient removal in an airlift loop reactor under a limited filamentous bulking state

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 130, Issue , 2013, Pages 406-411

  Jiang, Ming ^a   Zhang, Yalei ^a,b   Zhou, Xuefei ^a   Su, Yimin ^a   Zhang, Min ^b   Zhang, Ke ^b  

^a Tongji University ^*  (China)

^b TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Airlift loop reactor (ALR); Circulation flow rate; Dissolved oxygen (DO); Limited filamentous bulking (LFB); Nutrient

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; CARBON; NUTRIENTS; PHOSPHORUS; REACTOR OPERATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE SYSTEMS; AIRLIFT LOOP REACTOR; CIRCULATION FLOW RATE; COD REMOVAL; FILAMENTOUS BACTERIA; FILAMENTOUS BULKING; FLOC-FORMING BACTERIA; HEIGHT-TO-DIAMETER RATIO; NUTRIENT REMOVAL; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; SUBSTRATE CONCENTRATIONS;

NITROGEN REMOVAL;

AMMONIA; CARBON; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AMMONIA; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BACTERIUM; BIOREACTOR; CARBON; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT; PHOSPHORUS; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; AIRLIFT REACTOR; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DENSITY; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; LIMITED FILAMENTOUS BULKING STATE; NUTRIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL;

EID: 84872242361     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2012.11.129     Document Type: Article

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