Table 2 |
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Productivities of different reactors employed for nitrification and denitrification/during the pretreatment of domestic or industrial wastewater streams. |
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Reactor Type |
Removal rates (Productivities or specific productivities) |
Reference |
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Nitrification |
Denitrification |
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Activated sludge flocs (Single reactor) |
24 μmol N g MLSS-1 h-1 |
6 μmol N g MLSS-1 h-1 |
[65] |
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Sequencing batch |
19 mg NH3 L-1h-1 |
13.5 mg N L-1h-1 |
[66] |
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Chemostat (Continuous) |
5.6 μmol NH3 h-1 mg protein-1 |
5.6 μmol N h-1 mg protein-1 |
[67] |
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Chemostat (Continuous) |
2.6 μmol NH3 h-1 mg protein-1 |
4.1 μmol N h-1 mg protein-1 |
[68] |
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Continuous |
250 μmol NH3 L-1h-1 |
400 μmol N L-1h-1 |
[69] |
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MLSS = Mixed liquor suspended solid |
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Qureshi et al. Microbial Cell Factories 2005 4:24 doi:10.1186/1475-2859-4-24 |
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