Detoxification of a mixture of aliphatic chlorinated hydrocarbons in a fixed-bed bioreactor: Continuous on-line monitoring via an attenuated total reflection-Fourier transform infrared sensor

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 41-47

  Acha, V ^a   Meurens, M ^a   Naveau, H ^a   Agathos, S N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Anaerobic dechlorinating bioreactor; Aqueous effluents; ATR FTIR spectroscopy; Chlorinated aliphatic hydrocarbons; Optical sensor; Organochlorine compounds; Polymer coating

Indexed keywords

ABSORBANCE SPECTRA; ALIPHATIC CHLORINATED HYDROCARBONS; ATTENUATED TOTAL REFLECTION FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SENSOR; DETOXIFICATION; FIXED BED BIOREACTOR; INTERNAL REFLECTION ELEMENT; METHANOGENIC MICROBIAL COMMUNITY;

EFFLUENTS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROCARBONS; METHANOGENS; MIXTURES; MONITORING; POLYMERS; TOXIC MATERIALS;

BIOREACTORS;

CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; HEXACHLOROBUTADIENE; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; POLYMER; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBON; BIOREACTOR; DECHLORINATION; FOURIER TRANSFORM; INFRARED RADIATION; SENSOR;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BIOREACTOR; CONFERENCE PAPER; DETOXIFICATION; EFFLUENT; MONITORING; NONHUMAN; SENSOR; SPECTROSCOPY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0032699363     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1223(99)00607-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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