Nitritation versus full nitrification of ammonium-rich wastewater: Comparison in terms of nitrous and nitric oxides emissions

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 139, Issue , 2013, Pages 195-202

  Rodriguez Caballero, A ^a   Ribera, A ^a   Balcazar J L ^a   Pijuan, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Full nitrification; Nitric oxide; Nitritation; Nitrous oxide; Reject wastewater

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; EFFLUENTS; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GAS EMISSIONS; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROGEN OXIDES; RNA;

AMMONIA OXIDIZING BACTERIA; AMMONIUM CONCENTRATIONS; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HIGH RESOLUTION; LAB-SCALE SEQUENCING; NITRITATION; NITRITE-OXIDIZING BACTERIA; NITROUS OXIDE;

NITRIFICATION;

AMMONIA; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROUS OXIDE; RNA 16S; AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; NITRITE; WASTE WATER;

AMMONIUM; BIOMASS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EMISSION; GAS FLOW; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIFICATION; NITROUS OXIDE; RNA; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NITRIC OXIDE EMISSION; NITRIFICATION; NITRITATION; NITROBACTER; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NITROUS OXIDE EMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYROSEQUENCING; SEQUENCING BATCH REACTOR; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; BACTERIA; BATCH CELL CULTURE; BIOREACTOR; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PH; SEWAGE;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; BACTERIA; BATCH CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; BIOREACTORS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; NITRATES; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIFICATION; NITRITES; NITROUS OXIDE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WASTE WATER;

EID: 84877341763     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2013.04.021     Document Type: Article

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