Effect of Hydraulic Retention Time on Nitrification in an AirLift Biological Reactor

The occurrence of nitrogenous compounds in industrial effluents at concentration levels above legal limits, is a well-known and serious pollution problem for the receiving body. The biological process for the removal of these substances, commonly referred to as ammoniacal nitrogen, is known as nitri...

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Main Authors: Furtado A.A.L., Albuquerque R.T., Leite S.G.F., Peçanha R.P.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Brazilian Society of Chemical Engineering 1998-01-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Chemical Engineering
Subjects:
HRT
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-66321998000300008