Optimizing hydraulic retention times in denitrifying woodchip bioreactors treating recirculating aquaculture system wastewater

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 813-821

  Lepine, Christine ^a   Christianson, Laura ^a   Sharrer, Kata ^a   Summerfelt, Steven ^a  

^a Freshwater Institute Shepherdstown   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE; BIOCONVERSION; BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; BIOREACTORS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DENITRIFICATION; EFFICIENCY; NITRATES; REMOVAL; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

AQUACULTURE SYSTEMS; HIGH NITRATE WASTEWATER; HIGH REMOVAL RATES; HYDRAULIC RETENTION TIME; INFLUENT CONCENTRATIONS; NITRATE CONCENTRATION; RECIRCULATING AQUACULTURE SYSTEM; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

NITRATE; SULFATE; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

AQUACULTURE; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIOREACTOR; BIOREACTOR DESIGN; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENITRIFICATION; NONHUMAN; REDUCTION; TEMPERATURE; TIME; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER TEMPERATURE; SEWAGE; WASTE WATER; WOOD;

AQUACULTURE; BIOREACTORS; NITRATES; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WASTE WATER; WOOD;

EID: 84969793348     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: 15372537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2015.05.0242     Document Type: Article

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