Aerobic methane oxidation coupled to denitrification in a membrane biofilm reactor: Treatment performance and the effect of oxygen ventilation

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 145, Issue , 2013, Pages 2-9

  Sun, Fei yun ^a   Dong, Wen yi ^a   Shao, Ming fei ^a   Lv, Xiao mei ^a   Li, Ji ^a   Peng, Liang yu ^a   Wang, Hong jie ^a  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Aerobic methane oxidation; AME D; Biological nitrogen removal; Denitrification

Indexed keywords

BIOFILMS; BIOREACTORS; METHANE; NITRATES; OXIDATION; OXYGEN SUPPLY;

AEROBIC METHANE-OXIDATION; AME-D; BIOLOGICAL NITROGEN REMOVAL; MEMBRANE BIOFILM REACTOR; METHANE OXIDATION; MICROENVIRONMENTS; NITRATE UTILIZATION RATE; TREATMENT PERFORMANCE;

DENITRIFICATION;

METHANE; NITRATE; NITRITE; OXYGEN; POLYVINYLIDENE FLUORIDE;

BIOFILM; COEXISTENCE; DENITRIFICATION; FEEDING; MEMBRANE; METHANE; MICROORGANISM; OXIDATION; SLUDGE; VENTILATION;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM REACTOR; DENITRIFICATION; METHANOTROPH; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; OXYGEN CONCENTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLUDGE;

AEROBIC METHANE-OXIDATION; AME-D; BIOLOGICAL NITROGEN REMOVAL; DENITRIFICATION;

BIOFILMS; BIOREACTORS; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DENITRIFICATION; DNA PRIMERS; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; METHANE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXYGEN; POLYVINYLS; PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 84883599262     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2013.03.115     Document Type: Article

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