Anaerobic treatment of textile effluents: A review

Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 323-335

  Delée, Wouter ^a   O'Neill, Cliona ^b   Hawkes, Freda R ^b   Pinheiro, Helena M ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anaerobic treatment; Colour removal; Dye degradation; Textile effluent

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREACTORS; COLOR REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); DYES; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; ORGANIC POLYMERS; TEXTILE INDUSTRY; TEXTILES;

ANAEROBIC BIOREACTORS; DECOLORIZATION; DESIZING; DYE DEGRADATION; TEXTILE EFFLUENTS; VOLATILE FATTY ACIDS;

BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT;

DYE;

EFFLUENT TREATMENT; TEXTILE; WASTEWATER;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; BIOREACTOR; COLOR; REVIEW; TEXTILE INDUSTRY; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0032403642     PISSN: 02682575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4660(199812)73:4<323::AID-JCTB976>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Review

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