Biological treatment of oil shale ash heap leachate containing phenolic compounds by biofilm reactors with suspended carriers

Resource and Environmental Biotechnology

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 219-233

  Orupold K ^a   Henrysson, T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b CHEMICAL CENTER   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Activated sludge; Aerobic treatment; Biofilm; Low temperature; Oil shale leachate; Phenols; Suspended carrier

Indexed keywords

ASH; BIOFILM REACTOR; BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CRESOL; DIMETHYLPHENOL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HYDRAULIC RETENTION TIME; OIL SHALE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; TEMPERATURE;

BIOFILM; BIOREMEDIATION; LEACHATE; PHENOL;

BIOFILM; BIOREMEDIATION; LEACHATE; OIL SHALE; PHENOL;

GADUS MORHUA;

EID: 0032825874     PISSN: 13582283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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