Cyanide toxicity and cyanide degradation in anaerobic wastewater treatment

Water Research

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 2447-2454

  Gijzen, Huub J ^a   Bernal, Elisabeth ^b   Ferrer, Henry ^b  

^a UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DEL VALLE   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Anaerobic waste water treatment; Cyanide; Degradation; Inhibition; Methanogenesis; UASB

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; BIODEGRADATION; BIOLOGICAL SEWAGE TREATMENT; BIOREACTORS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CYANIDES; FATTY ACIDS; METHANE; METHANOGENS; STARCH; TOXICITY; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

HYDRAULIC RETENTION TIME;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

CYANIDE;

ANAEROBIC PROCESS; CYANIDE; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BIOFILM; DEGRADATION; EFFLUENT; METHANOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTOR; SLUDGE; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION;

EID: 0034660432     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1354(99)00418-2     Document Type: Article

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