Isotopic evidence for nitrous oxide production pathways in a partial nitritation-anammox reactor

Water Research

Volumn 83, Issue , 2015, Pages 258-270

  Harris, Eliza ^a   Joss, Adriano ^b   Emmenegger, Lukas ^a   Kipf, Marco ^b   Wolf, Benjamin ^a,c   Mohn, Joachim ^a   Wunderlin, Pascal ^b  

^a Empa Materials and Science   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^c KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Isotopic composition; Laser spectroscopy; Nitrifier denitrification; Nitrous oxide; Process control

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; DENITRIFICATION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ISOTOPES; LASER SPECTROSCOPY; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN OXIDES; NITROGEN REMOVAL; QUANTUM CASCADE LASERS; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE); WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

DISSOLVED OXYGEN CONCENTRATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; NITROUS OXIDE; NITROUS OXIDE PRODUCTION; NORMAL OPERATING CONDITIONS; OPERATING CONDITION; PRODUCTION PATHWAYS;

PROCESS CONTROL;

AMMONIA; NITROUS OXIDE; NITROUS OXIDE REDUCTASE; NITROGEN;

AERATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DENITRIFICATION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EQUIPMENT; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FRACTIONATION; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; NITROUS OXIDE; WORLD WIDE WEB;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; AERATION; ANAMMOX BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; BIOTECHNOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FRACTIONATION; HETEROTROPH; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NITROGEN CYCLE; NONHUMAN; ONLINE MONITORING; OXIDATION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PARTIAL NITRITATION ANAMMOX REACTOR; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS CONTROL; REACTION ANALYSIS; REACTOR OPERATION; REDUCTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEQUENCING BATCH REACTOR; STEADY STATE; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; ANAEROBIC GROWTH; BIOREACTOR; DIODE LASER; METABOLISM; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; SEWAGE; SPECTROSCOPY; WATER MANAGEMENT;

AMMONIA; ANAEROBIOSIS; BIOREACTORS; LASERS, SEMICONDUCTOR; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; NITROUS OXIDE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84936885030     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2015.06.040     Document Type: Article

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