Partial nitritation and o-cresol removal with aerobic granular biomass in a continuous airlift reactor

Water Research

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 354-362

  Jemaat, Zulkifly ^a,b   Suárez Ojeda, María Eugenia ^a   Pérez, Julio ^a   Carrera, Julián ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA PAHANG   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Aerobic granules; Industrial wastewater; Nitritation; Phenolic compounds

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; BACTERIA; BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; EFFLUENTS; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GRANULAR MATERIALS; GRANULATION; INDUSTRIAL WATER TREATMENT; NITROGEN REMOVAL; PHENOLS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

AEROBIC GRANULAR SLUDGES; AEROBIC GRANULES; AIR LIFT REACTORS; GRANULAR BIOMASS; INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATERS; NITRITATION; O-CRESOL; PARTIAL NITRITATION; PHENOLIC COMPOUNDS; SHOCK LOAD;

BIODEGRADATION;

AMMONIA; ORTHO CRESOL; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; 2-CRESOL; CRESOL;

AMMONIUM; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREACTOR; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; NITRIFICATION; OXIC CONDITIONS; PHENOLIC COMPOUND; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; WASTEWATER;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AEROBIC GRANULAR SLUDGE; AIRLIFT REACTOR; AMMONIA OXIDIZING BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BIODEGRADATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTINUOUS AIRLIFT REACTOR; EFFLUENT; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HETEROTROPH; NONHUMAN; PARTIAL NITRITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLUDGE; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; AEROBIC METABOLISM; BIOMASS; BIOREACTOR; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION;

AEROBIOSIS; BIOMASS; BIOREACTORS; CRESOLS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 84888844477     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2013.09.048     Document Type: Article

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