Performance of anammox UASB reactor treating low strength wastewater under moderate and low temperatures

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 129, Issue , 2013, Pages 606-611

  Ma, Bin ^a,c   Peng, Yongzhen ^a,c   Zhang, Shujun ^b   Wang, Junmin ^a   Gan, Yiping ^b   Chang, Jiang ^b   Wang, Shuying ^a   Wang, Shanyun ^c   Zhu, Guibing ^d  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b Beijing Drainage Group Co Ltd   (China)

^c HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Anammox; Granular sludge; Low strength wastewater; Low temperature; Nitrogen removal

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; GREENHOUSE GASES; NITROGEN REMOVAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AMMONIUM REMOVAL; ANAMMOX; ANAMMOX ACTIVITY; EMISSION RATES; GRANULAR SLUDGE; HYDRAULIC RETENTION TIME; INTEGRATED APPROACH; LOW STRENGTH WASTEWATER; LOW TEMPERATURES; QUANTITATIVE PCR; UASB REACTOR; UPFLOW ANAEROBIC SLUDGE BLANKETS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

AMMONIA; NITRITE; NITROUS OXIDE;

BACTERIUM; BIOREACTOR; BIOTECHNOLOGY; EMISSION; GREENHOUSE GAS; INTEGRATED APPROACH; NITROGEN; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SLUDGE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ANAMMOX BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DENITRIFICATION; LIQUID; LOW TEMPERATURE; NITROUS OXIDE EMISSION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UPFLOW REACTOR; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84872408479     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2012.11.025     Document Type: Article

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