Sulfur-based autotrophic denitrification of drinking water using a membrane bioreactor

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 268, Issue , 2015, Pages 180-186

  Sahinkaya, Erkan ^a   Yurtsever, Adem ^b   Aktaş, Özgür ^a   Ucar, Deniz ^c   Wang, Zhiwei ^d  

^a ISTANBUL MEDENIYET UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b YILDIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c HARRAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Autotrophic denitrification; Drinking water; Membrane bioreactor; Sulfur based autotrophic denitrification

Indexed keywords

BIOCONVERSION; BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; BIOREACTORS; CARBON; DENITRIFICATION; EFFICIENCY; EFFLUENTS; MEMBRANE FOULING; MEMBRANES; NITRATES; POTABLE WATER; SULFUR; WATER POLLUTION;

AUTOTROPHIC DENITRIFICATION; AUTOTROPHIC DENITRIFICATION PROCESS; DENITRIFICATION EFFICIENCIES; MEMBRANE BIO REACTOR (MBR); MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; NITRATE CONCENTRATION; POLYETHERSULFONE MEMBRANE; SULFATE CONCENTRATIONS;

NITROGEN REMOVAL;

EID: 84983120190     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2015.01.045     Document Type: Article

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