Aerobic biotreatment of wastewater from dimethyl terephthalate plant using biomass support particles

Journal of Fermentation and Bioengineering

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 215-219

  Shah, Shailesh S ^a   Desai, Jitendra D ^b   Ramakrishna, Cherla ^b   Bhatt, Navin M ^a  

^a M S UNIVERSITY OF BARODA   (India)

^b Indian Petrochemicals Corporation Limited   (India)

Author keywords

Aerobic biological treatment; Biomass support particles; DMT wastewater; Petrochemical wastewater

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIOMASS; BIOREACTORS; FORMALDEHYDE; HYDRAULICS; PETROCHEMICAL PLANTS; POROUS MATERIALS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

AEROBIC BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT; DIMETHYL TEREPHTHALATE;

BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT;

ACETIC ACID; FORMALDEHYDE; FORMIC ACID; METHANOL; TEREPHTHALIC ACID;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; BIOREACTOR; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; EFFLUENT; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

GADUS MORHUA;

EID: 0031784768     PISSN: 0922338X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0922-338X(98)80116-5     Document Type: Article

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