Complete nitrogen removal from municipal wastewater via partial nitrification by appropriately alternating anoxic/aerobic conditions in a continuous plug-flow step feed process

Water Research

Volumn 55, Issue , 2014, Pages 95-105

  Ge, Shijian ^a   Peng, Yongzhen ^a   Qiu, Shuang ^b   Zhu, Ao ^a   Ren, Nanqi ^c  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Biological nutrient removal; Nitritation; Partial nitrification; Step feed; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BACTERIA; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN REMOVAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

AMMONIA OXIDIZING BACTERIA; ANAEROBICS; BIOLOGICAL NUTRIENT REMOVAL; NITRITATION; OXIDATION RATES; PARTIAL NITRIFICATION; PLUG FLOW; REMOVAL FROM MUNICIPAL WASTEWATERS; STEP-FEED; STEP-FEED PROCESS;

EFFLUENTS;

AMMONIA; NITRITE; NITROGEN;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BACTERIUM; BIODEGRADATION; EFFLUENT; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; REDOX CONDITIONS; SEWAGE TREATMENT;

AERATION; AMMONIA OXIDIZING BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BIOREACTOR; CARBON SOURCE; CONTROL SYSTEM; DENITRIFICATION; DNA EXTRACTION; ENERGY RESOURCE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NITRIFICATION; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCING BATCH REACTOR; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SEWAGE; WATER MANAGEMENT;

BIOREACTORS; DENITRIFICATION; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84896840658     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2014.01.058     Document Type: Article

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