Modeling aerobic bioremediation of 2,4-dinitrotoluene in a bioslurry reactor

Environmental Engineering Science

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 676-688

  Daprato, Rebecca C ^a   Zhang, Chunlong ^b   Spain, Jim C ^a   Hughes, Joseph B ^a  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodegradation; Bioremediation; Bioslurry reactor; Dinitrotoluene; Modeling; Nitroaromatic compounds

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL REACTORS; PHOSPHORUS; SLURRIES; SOIL POLLUTION; SOILS;

LAG PHASES; REFEEDING; SOILS CONTAMINATION;

TOLUENE;

2,4 DINITROTOLUENE; AROMATIC NITRO COMPOUND; NITRATE; PHOSPHORUS;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREACTOR; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOSLURRY REACTOR; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CRYSTAL; DESORPTION; DISSOLUTION; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANT; EXPERIMENT; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; MODEL; NONHUMAN; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PERFORMANCE; SOIL TREATMENT;

EID: 23944519854     PISSN: 10928758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ees.2005.22.676     Document Type: Article

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