Formation and biodegradation of toluene in the anaerobic sludge digestion process

Water Environment Research

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 274-278

  Mrowiec, Bozena ^a   Suschka, Jan ^a   Keener, Tim C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIELSKO BIALA   (Poland)

^b 705 Engineering Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaerobic digestion; Biodegradation; Toluene; Wastewater sludge

Indexed keywords

ACIDITY; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; BIODEGRADATION; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMICAL REACTORS; METHANE; SLUDGE DIGESTION; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

ACIDOGENESIS; ANAEROBIC SLUDGE DIGESTION; LABORATORY-SCALE REACTORS; METHANOGENESIS;

TOLUENE;

POLYETHYLENE; TOLUENE;

TOLUENE; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METHANOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTOR; SLUDGE DIGESTION; SUPERNATANT; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

EID: 18644365477     PISSN: 10614303     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2175/106143005X41852     Document Type: Article

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