Effect of nitrite, limited reactive settler and plant design configuration on the predicted performance of simultaneous C/N/P removal WWTPs

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 136, Issue , 2013, Pages 680-688

  Guerrero, Javier ^a,b   Flores Alsina, Xavier ^c   Guisasola, Albert ^b   Baeza, Juan A ^b   Gernaey, Krist V ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Benchmarking; EBPR; Reactive settler; Two step denitrification; Two step nitrification

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BENCHMARKING; CARBON; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECAY (ORGANIC); DENITRIFICATION;

BIOLOGICAL NUTRIENT REMOVAL; EBPR; ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS; NITRIFICATION AND DENITRIFICATION; OPERATION CONDITIONS; POLYPHOSPHATE-ACCUMULATING ORGANISMS; PREDICTED PERFORMANCE; REACTIVE SETTLER;

NITRIFICATION;

CARBON; NITRITE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

BENCHMARKING; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CARBON; DENITRIFICATION; DESIGN; DISCHARGE; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; HETEROTROPHY; NITRITE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; PREDICTION; SEWAGE TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; CARBON SOURCE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DENITRIFICATION; DIFFUSION; EFFLUENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84876443863     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2013.03.021     Document Type: Article

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