Control of aeration, aerobic SRT and COD input for mainstream nitritation/denitritation

Water Research

Volumn 57, Issue , 2014, Pages 162-171

  Regmi, Pusker ^a   Miller, Mark W ^b   Holgate, Becky ^a   Bunce, Ryder ^c   Park, Hongkeun ^d   Chandran, Kartik ^d   Wett, Bernhard ^e   Murthy, Sudhir ^f   Bott, Charles B ^g  

^a Old Dominion University   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Vice President Residuals Group Practice Leader   (United States)

^d Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^e ARA Consult   (Austria)

^f DC Water Authority   (United States)

^g HAMPTON ROADS SANITATION DISTRICT   (United States)

Author keywords

AOB; Denitritation; Nitritation; NOB; Online aeration control; Transient anoxia

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; AMMONIA; BACTERIA; CARBON; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; NITRATES; NITRATION; NITROGEN OXIDES; NITROGEN REMOVAL;

AERATION CONTROL; AMMONIA OXIDIZING BACTERIA; DENITRITATION; HYDRAULIC RETENTION TIME; NITRITATION; NITRITE-OXIDIZING BACTERIA; PROCESS CONTROL STRATEGIES; SOLIDS RETENTION TIME;

PROCESS CONTROL;

AMMONIA; CARBON; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; INORGANIC COMPOUND; NITRATE; NITRITE; NITROGEN; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; OXYGEN; WASTE WATER;

AERATION; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; NITRIFICATION; OPTIMIZATION; OXIC CONDITIONS; WATER TREATMENT;

AERATION; ALKALINITY; AMMONIA OXIDIZING BACTERIUM; ANOXIA; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMICAL REACTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROL; DENITRIFICATION; NITRIFICATION; NITRITE OXIDIZING BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS CONTROL; SOLID RETENTION TIME; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WATER RETENTION; ANALYSIS; BACTERIA; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIOREACTOR; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PILOT STUDY; PROCEDURES; SEWAGE; TIME; WASTE WATER;

AMMONIA; BACTERIA; BIOLOGICAL OXYGEN DEMAND ANALYSIS; BIOREACTORS; CARBON; NITRATES; NITRITES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXYGEN; PILOT PROJECTS; TIME FACTORS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WASTE WATER;

EID: 84897949500     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2014.03.035     Document Type: Article

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