End-of-pipe denitrification using RAS effluent waste streams: Effect of C/N-ratio and hydraulic retention time

Aquacultural Engineering

Volumn 53, Issue , 2013, Pages 57-64

  Suhr, Karin I ^a   Pedersen, Per Bovbjerg ^a   Arvin, Erik ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Denitrification; RAS; Sludge hydrolysis; Volatile fatty acids

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADABLE ORGANIC MATTER; DENITRIFICATION REACTORS; DISSIMILATORY NITRATE REDUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; HYDRAULIC RETENTION TIME; RAS; RECIRCULATING AQUACULTURE SYSTEM; SLUDGE HYDROLYSIS;

AQUACULTURE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; EFFLUENTS; EXPERIMENTS; HYDROLYSIS; NITRATES; NITROGEN REMOVAL; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; REDUCTION; VOLATILE FATTY ACIDS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

DENITRIFICATION;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; AQUACULTURE EFFLUENT; BACTERIUM; BIODEGRADATION; BIOFILTRATION; CARBON; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DENITRIFICATION; FATTY ACID; HYDROLYSIS; NITROGEN; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; RECIRCULATING SYSTEM; STOCHASTICITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SALMONIDAE;

EID: 84875274203     PISSN: 01448609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquaeng.2012.11.005     Document Type: Article

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