Performance of packed-bed bioreactors for the cometabolic degradation of trichloroethylene by phenol-oxidizing microorganisms

Environmental Technology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1351-1359

  Shin, H S ^a   Lim, J L ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Celite; Ceramic beads; Cometabolism; GAC; Immobilisation; Phenol; Trichloroethylene (TCE)

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETICS; CHEMICAL REACTORS; MICROORGANISMS; PACKED BEDS; PHENOLS; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PLANTS; BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT SYSTEMS; CELITE; CERAMIC BEADS; CO METABOLISMS; CO-METABOLIC DEGRADATION; IMMOBILISATION; PHENOL-OXIDIZING MICROORGANISMS;

BIODEGRADATION;

INFUSORIAL EARTH; PHENOL; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; METABOLISM; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0030477182     PISSN: 09593330     EISSN: 1479487X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09593331708616504     Document Type: Article

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