Anaerobic fluidized-bed treatment of propellant wastewater

Water Environment Research

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 52-59

  Maloney, Stephen W ^a   Engbert, Edward G ^b   Suidan, Makram T ^c   Hickey, Robert F ^d  

^a U S ARMY ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

^b US Army Environmental Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^d EFX Systems Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaerobic treatment; Diaminotoluene; Dinitrotoluene; Fluidized bed reactors; Pretreatment; Propellants

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREACTORS; ETHANOL; ETHERS; FLUIDIZED BEDS; GRANULAR MATERIALS; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; PROPELLANTS; TOLUENE;

AEROBIC MINERALIZATION; DIAMINOTOLUENE; DINITROTOLUENE; FLUIDIZED BED BIOREACTORS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED CARBON;

ANAEROBIC PROCESS; BIOREACTOR; FLUIDIZED BED; PROPELLANT; WASTE WATER;

ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BIOREACTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTION; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 0031937385     PISSN: 10614303     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2175/106143098X126883     Document Type: Article

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