A kinetic study on drinking water denitrification
using a membrane bioreactor

• Authors: Aleksandra Petrovič , Andreja Goršek , Marjana Simonič
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Keywords

EN

kinetics; denitrification; drinking water; membrane bioreactor; sucrose

• Publisher: De Gruyter Open
• Journal: Open Chemistry
• Year: 2015
• Volume: 13
• Issue: 1

Dates

received

10 - 2 - 2015

accepted

17 - 4 - 2015

online

22 - 5 - 2015

Contributors

author

Aleksandra Petrovič

• Faculty of Chemistry and
  Chemical Engineering, University of Maribor, Smetanova 17,
  SI–2000, Maribor, Slovenia

author

Andreja Goršek

• Faculty of Chemistry and
  Chemical Engineering, University of Maribor, Smetanova 17,
  SI–2000, Maribor, Slovenia

author

Marjana Simonič

• Faculty of Chemistry and
  Chemical Engineering, University of Maribor, Smetanova 17,
  SI–2000, Maribor, Slovenia

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Identifiers

DOI

10.1515/chem-2015-0112