The effect of C/N ratio on nitrogen removal in a bioelectrochemical system

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 132, Issue , 2013, Pages 91-98

  Huang, Baocheng ^a,b   Feng, Huajun ^a,b   Wang, Meizhen ^a,b   Li, Na ^a,b   Cong, Yanqing ^a   Shen, Dongsheng ^a,b  

^a ZHEJIANG GONGSHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG PROVINCIAL KEY LABORATORY OF SOLID WASTE TREATMENT AND RECYCLING   (China)

Author keywords

Bioelectrochemical system; C N ratio; Denitrification; Soluble microbial products

Indexed keywords

NITRATION;

A-CARBON; AUTOTROPHIC DENITRIFICATION; BIO-ELECTROCHEMICAL SYSTEMS; BIOELECTROCHEMICAL SYSTEMS (BES); C/N RATIO; ELECTROGENESIS; NITRITE ACCUMULATION; SOLUBLE MICROBIAL PRODUCTS; TOTAL NITROGEN REMOVAL; TRANSFORMATION EFFICIENCY;

DENITRIFICATION;

CARBON; MICROBIAL PRODUCTS NOT CLASSIFIED ELSEWHERE; NITRATE; NITRITE; NITROGEN; STARCH;

AUTOTROPHY; CARBON; DENITRIFICATION; ELECTROCHEMICAL METHOD; NITRATE; NITRITE; NITROGEN; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; STARCH; TRANSFORMATION;

ARTICLE; AUTOTROPHY; BIOELECTROCHEMICAL SYSTEM; BIOENERGY; BIOREACTOR; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CARBON NITROGEN RATIO; CARBON SOURCE; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENITRIFICATION; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTROGENESIS; EXCRETION; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WATER CONTAMINATION;

EID: 84873588856     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2012.12.192     Document Type: Article

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