The feasibility of an up-flow partially aerated biological filter (U-PABF) for nitrogen and COD removal from domestic wastewater

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 218, Issue , 2016, Pages 307-317

  Tao, Chen ^a,b   Peng, Tong ^a   Feng, Chuanping ^a   Chen, Nan ^a   Hu, Qili ^a   Hao, Chunbo ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anammox; Domestic wastewater; Nitrogen removal; Partially aerated biological filter; Up flow

Indexed keywords

BANDPASS FILTERS; CERAMIC MATERIALS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DENITRIFICATION; FILTERS (FOR FLUIDS); NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN; URANIUM; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ANAEROBIC AMMONIUM OXIDATION; ANAMMOX; BIOLOGICAL FILTERS; COD REMOVAL EFFICIENCY; DOMESTIC WASTEWATER; HYDRAULIC RETENTION TIME; NITRIFICATION-DENITRIFICATION; UP-FLOW;

NITROGEN REMOVAL;

NITROGEN; WASTE WATER;

ADSORPTION; AERATION; AMMONIUM; BACTERIUM; BIOFILTRATION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CERAMICS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DENITRIFICATION; DOMESTIC WASTE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; NITROGEN; OXIDATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; RETENTION; WASTEWATER; ZEOLITE;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; BACTEROIDETES; BIOFILTER; BIOPROCESS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DENITRIFICATION; DOMESTIC WASTE; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NITRIFICATION; NONHUMAN; PLANCTOMYCETES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEOBACTERIA; PYROSEQUENCING; UP FLOW PARTIALLY AERATED BIOLOGICAL FILTER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; BACTERIUM; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIOREACTOR; CHEMISTRY; MICROBIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SEWAGE; WASTE WATER; WATER MANAGEMENT;

PLANCTOMYCETES;

BACTERIA; BIOLOGICAL OXYGEN DEMAND ANALYSIS; BIOREACTORS; DENITRIFICATION; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WASTE WATER; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84976448246     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2016.06.098     Document Type: Article

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