Biological denitrification in a fluidized bed
- 1 December 1984
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Biotechnology & Bioengineering
- Vol. 26 (12) , 1445-1448
- https://doi.org/10.1002/bit.260261208
Abstract
A fluidized bed biofilm reactor using sand as the carrier particle was employed to study the effects of superficial velocity on the removal of nitrates as well as on the growth of the biofilm. Velocity was found to affect significantly both nitrate removal and biofilm growth. An analysis based on heterogenous catalysis was used to describe the denitrification process. There is good agreement between analysis and experimental measurements for startup and steady-state operating conditions.This publication has 5 references indexed in Scilit:
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