Biofilm fixed film systems

Water (Switzerland)

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 843-868

  Gullicks, Harvey ^a   Hasan, Hasibul ^a   Das, Dipesh ^a   Moretti, Charles ^a   Hung, Yung Tse ^b  

^a University of North Dakota   (United States)

^b Cleveland State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Biological phosphorus removal; Biomembrane processes; Biotowers; Denitrification; Extracellular polymeric substances; Fixed film models; Nitrification; Nutrient removal; Rotating biological contactors; Submerged fixed film; Trickling filters; Wastewater treatment systems; Xenobiotics

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; ACTIVATED CARBON TREATMENT; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOFILMS; BIOREACTORS; CARBON; CELL CULTURE; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); DENITRIFICATION; FILTERS (FOR FLUIDS); FLUIDIZED BEDS; NITRIFICATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER TREATMENT;

BIO MEMBRANES; BIOLOGICAL PHOSPHORUS REMOVAL; BIOTOWERS; EXTRA-CELLULAR POLYMERIC SUBSTANCES; FIXED FILM; NUTRIENT REMOVAL; ROTATING BIOLOGICAL CONTACTOR; TRICKLING FILTER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM; XENOBIOTICS;

BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 84981335399     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/w3030843     Document Type: Review

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