High rate treatment of terephthalic acid production wastewater in a two-stage anaerobic bioreactor

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 169-179

  Kleerebezem, Robert ^a,b   Beckers, Judith ^a   Hulshoff Pol, Look W ^a   Lettinga, Gatze ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anaerobic; Kinetics; Methanogenic; Plugflow; Syntrophic cultures; Terephthalic acid; UASB reactor

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; BIOMASS; BIOREACTORS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; SEWAGE SLUDGE; WASTEWATER;

ANAEROBIC; KINETICS; METHANOGENIC; PLUGFLOW; SYNTROPHIC CULTURES; TEREPHTHALIC ACID; UASB REACTORS;

CARBOXYLIC ACIDS;

ACETIC ACID; BENZOIC ACID; TEREPHTHALIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; BIOREACTOR; INCUBATION TIME; METHANOBACTERIALES; SLUDGE; UPFLOW REACTOR; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOREACTORS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; KINETICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHTHALIC ACIDS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 23844435950     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bit.20502     Document Type: Article

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