Treatment of anthranilic acid in an anaerobic expanded granular sludge bed reactor at low concentrations

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 187-194

  Razo Flores, Elías ^a   Smulders, Patrick ^b   Prenafeta Boldú, Francesc ^b   Lettinga, Gatze ^b   Field, Jim A ^b  

^a INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL PETRÓLEO   (Mexico)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anaerobic degradation; Anthranilic acid; Aromatic amines; EGSB reactor; Flocculent biomass; Granular sludge; Methanogenic conditions

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; BIOASSAY; BIODEGRADATION; BIOMASS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMICAL REACTORS; HYDRAULICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; METHANE; METHANOGENS; REACTION KINETICS;

ANTHRANILIC ACID; EXPANDED GRANULAR SLUDGE BED; HYDRAULIC RETENTION TIME; ORGANIC LOADING RATE; UPFLOW VELOCITY;

AMINES;

ANTHRANILIC ACID; AROMATIC AMINE; CARBON;

BIODEGRADATION; FLOCCULANT; GRANULAR MEDIUM; SLUDGE;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; BIOMASS; BIOREACTOR; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOCCULATION; METABOLIC PARAMETERS; METHANOBACTERIUM; METHANOGENESIS; MINERALIZATION; NONHUMAN; REACTION ANALYSIS; SLUDGE; SLUDGE DIGESTION; TECHNOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GADUS MORHUA; METHANOBACTERIUM;

EID: 0032702367     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1223(99)00625-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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