Effects of nitrate dosing on sulfidogenic and methanogenic activities in sewer sediment

Water Research

Volumn 74, Issue , 2015, Pages 155-165

  Liu, Yiwen ^a   Sharma, Keshab R ^a   Ni, Bing Jie ^a   Fan, Lu ^a   Murthy, Sudhir ^a,b   Tyson, Gene Q ^a   Yuan, Zhiguo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority   (United States)

Author keywords

Methane; Micro scale profiling; Nitrate; Sewer sediment; Sulfide

Indexed keywords

BIOFILMS; METHANE; NITRATES; SEWERS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

ANOXIC SULFIDE OXIDATION; INHIBITORY EFFECT; METHANE FORMATION; METHANE PRODUCTION; METHANOGENIC ACTIVITY; MICRO-SCALE PROFILING; SEWER SEDIMENTS; SULFIDE;

SEDIMENTS;

METHANE; NITRATE; SULFIDE; WATER; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; SEWAGE;

BIOFILM; BIOREACTOR; GAS PRODUCTION; GEOACCUMULATION; INHIBITOR; METHANE; NITRATE; OXIDATION; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SULFIDE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANOXIA; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOFILM; BIOREACTOR; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRAVITY; LABORATORY; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; METHANOGEN; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTOR OPERATION; SEDIMENT; SEWER; STEADY STATE; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; AIR POLLUTION; ANAEROBIC GROWTH; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; SEWAGE;

AIR POLLUTION; ANAEROBIOSIS; METHANE; NITRATES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SEWAGE; SULFIDES; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

EID: 84923339786     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2015.02.017     Document Type: Article

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