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Descriptor English: Biological Filters
Descriptor Spanish: Filtros Biológicos
Descriptor filtros biológicos
Entry term(s) biofiltros
biofiltros de goteo
biomasa adherida
filtración biológica
filtros de goteo
filtros percoladores
filtros rociadores
modelos de biomasa adherida
reactores de biomasa adherida
Scope note: Lecho artificial de piedras, lava, coque, grava, escoria, espuma de poliuretano, esfagno, turba, cerámica o materiales plásticos, a través del cual fluyen (en sentido descendente) el agua del alcantarillado u otras aguas residuales. Esto da lugar a la formación de una capa de limo microbiano (biopelícula) que crece cubriendo el propio lecho.
Descriptor Portuguese: Filtros Biológicos
Descriptor French: Filtres Biologiques
Entry term(s): Adhered Biomass
Adhered Biomass Models
Adhered Biomass Reactors
Biofilters
Biological Filtration
Dripping Filters
Percolating Filters
Spray Filters
Trickling Biofilters
Trickling Filters
Tree number(s): SP4.895.141.712.348.364.855.188
Scope note: A fixed bed of rocks, lava, coke, gravel, slag, polyurethane foam, sphagnum peat moss, ceramic, or plastic media over which sewage or other wastewater flows downward that causes a layer of microbial slime (biofilm) to grow, covering the bed of media.
Allowable Qualifiers: No qualifiers
Related: Biological Phenomena MeSH
Wetlands MeSH
DeCS ID: 16419
Unique ID: DDCS016419
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Biological Filters - Preferred
Concept UI FD00057796
Scope note A fixed bed of rocks, lava, coke, gravel, slag, polyurethane foam, sphagnum peat moss, ceramic, or plastic media over which sewage or other wastewater flows downward that causes a layer of microbial slime (biofilm) to grow, covering the bed of media.
Preferred term Biological Filters
Entry term(s) Adhered Biomass
Adhered Biomass Models
Adhered Biomass Reactors
Biofilters
Biological Filtration
Dripping Filters
Percolating Filters
Spray Filters
Trickling Biofilters
Trickling Filters



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