Treatment of anti-osmotic drug based pharmaceutical effluent in an upflow anaerobic fluidized bed system

Waste Management

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 563-568

  Saravanane, R ^a   Murthy, D V S ^a   Krishnaiah, K ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Anaerobic; Anti osmotic pharmaceutical effluent; Bioaugmentation; Enricher reactor; Fluidized bed reactor

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; AMMONIA; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; CHEMICAL REACTORS; DRUG PRODUCTS; FLUIDIZED BEDS;

ANTI-OSMOTIC DRUG;

EFFLUENT TREATMENT;

ACETIC ACID; AMMONIA; CEFRADINE; VOLATILE FATTY ACID;

FLUIDIZED BED; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL THERAPY; BIOMASS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EFFLUENT; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FLUIDIZED BED; FOOD; INOCULATION; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; REDUCTION;

BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; BIOREACTORS; CEPHALOSPORINS; CEPHRADINE; DRUG INDUSTRY; FATTY ACIDS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; OXYGEN; VOLATILIZATION; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER MOVEMENTS;

EID: 0035019647     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0956-053X(00)00109-4     Document Type: Article

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