Optimizing nitrate removal and evaluating pollution swapping trade-offs from laboratory denitrification bioreactors

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 74, Issue , 2015, Pages 290-301

  Healy, M G ^a   Barrett, M ^a   Lanigan, G J ^b   Joao Serrenho A ^a   Ibrahim, T G ^b   Thornton, S F ^c   Rolfe, S A ^c   Huang, W E ^c   Fenton, O ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b TEAGASC   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Denitrification; Denitrification bioreactors; Greenhouse gas emissions; Pollution swapping

Indexed keywords

BIOCONVERSION; BIOREACTORS; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; DENITRIFICATION; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; IMPURITIES; METHANE; NITRATES; NITROGEN OXIDES; POLLUTION;

AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPES; BARLEY STRAWS; CARBON SOURCE; COMBINED-FLUX; HYDRAULIC RETENTION TIME; LODGEPOLE PINE; MICROBIAL ANALYSIS; NITRATE REMOVAL;

BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIOREACTOR; BIOREMEDIATION; CARBON EMISSION; DENITRIFICATION; GREENHOUSE GAS; NITRATE; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; TRADE-OFF; WATER RETENTION;

EID: 84908691702     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2014.10.005     Document Type: Article

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