Aerobic sludge granulation facilitated by activated carbon for partial nitrification treatment of ammonia-rich wastewater

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 218, Issue , 2013, Pages 253-259

  Li, An Jie ^a,b   Li, Xiao Yan ^b   Yu, Han Qing ^c  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Activated carbon; Activated sludge; Aerobic granulation; Biological nitrogen removal; Partial nitrification; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; AEROBIC BACTERIA; AMMONIA; BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; ENERGY CONSERVATION; GRANULAR MATERIALS; GRANULATION; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN REMOVAL; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AEROBIC GRANULATION; AMMONIA OXIDIZING BACTERIA; BIOLOGICAL NITROGEN REMOVAL; GRANULAR ACTIVATED CARBONS; NITRITE-OXIDIZING BACTERIA; NITROGEN REMOVAL VIA NITRITES; PARTIAL NITRIFICATION;

ACTIVATED CARBON TREATMENT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NITROSOMONADALES;

EID: 84872420618     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2012.12.044     Document Type: Article

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