Nitrite accumulation from simultaneous free-ammonia and free-nitrous-acid inhibition and oxygen limitation in a continuous-flow biofilm reactor

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 43-52

  Park, Seongjun ^a,d   Chung, Jinwook ^b   Rittmann, Bruce E ^a   Bae, Wookeun ^c  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Samsung Engineering Co Ltd   (South Korea)

^c Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^d Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (SAIT)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Ammonium oxidation; Biofilm; Free ammonia inhibition; Nitrite accumulation; Oxygen limitation

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BACTERIA; BIOFILMS; BIOREACTORS; EXPERIMENTS; NITRATION; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN REMOVAL; OXYGEN;

AMMONIUM CONCENTRATIONS; AMMONIUM OXIDATION; BIOLOGICAL NITROGEN REMOVAL; FREE AMMONIA INHIBITION; FREE NITROUS ACID (FNA); NITRITE ACCUMULATION; NITRITE-OXIDIZING BACTERIA; OXYGEN LIMITATION;

DISSOLVED OXYGEN;

AMMONIA; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; NITRITE; NITROUS ACID; AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE; FATTY ACID; OXYGEN;

ANAMMOX BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOFILM; BIOFILM REACTOR; BIOREACTOR DESIGN; CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; CONTINUOUS FLOW BIOFILM REACTOR; CONTINUOUS FLOW REACTOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NITRIFICATION; NITRITE OXIDIZING BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; OXYGEN LIMITATION; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; BIOREACTOR; BIOTECHNOLOGY; DEVICES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; METABOLISM; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PROCEDURES;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; BIOFILMS; BIOREACTORS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FATTY ACIDS; NITRITES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXYGEN;

EID: 84911428092     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: 10970290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bit.25326     Document Type: Article

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