Biotreatability and kinetics of UASB reactor to mixtures of chlorophenol pollutants

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 283-294

  Atuanya, E I ^a   Chakrabarti, T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BENIN   (Nigeria)

^b NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Anaerobic; Biotreatability; Chlorophenols; Kinetics; Multi substrate; UASB

Indexed keywords

HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MICROORGANISMS; RATE CONSTANTS; SEWAGE SLUDGE; TOXIC MATERIALS;

BIOTREATABILITY;

ECOSYSTEMS;

2 CHLOROPHENOL; 2,4 DICHLOROPHENOL; 2,4,6 TRICHLOROPHENOL; 4 CHLOROPHENOL; CHLOROPHENOL; GLUCOSE; PENTACHLOROPHENOL; TOXIC SUBSTANCE;

ANAEROBIC PROCESS; BIOREACTOR; CHLOROPHENOL; KINETICS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ANAEROBIC REACTOR; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTINUOUS FLOW REACTOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRADATION KINETICS; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FLOW KINETICS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; SLUDGE TREATMENT; STEADY STATE; TOXICITY TESTING;

BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOREACTORS; CHLOROPHENOLS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; KINETICS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 0037381757     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022614305598     Document Type: Article

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