Treatment of methylene blue-containing wastewater using microorganisms supported on granular activated carbon under packed column operation

Environmental Chemistry Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 95-99

  Ong, Soon An ^a,b   Toorisaka, Eiichi ^a   Hirata, Makoto ^a   Hano, Tadashi ^a  

^a OITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA PERLIS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Decolorization; Granular activated carbon; Immobilization; Methylene Blue; Packed column

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON TREATMENT; AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); GRANULAR MATERIALS; OXYGEN; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ADSORPTION PROCESS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND REMOVAL EFFICIENCY; CHEMICAL-OXYGEN DEMANDS; COLUMN OPERATIONS; DECOLOURIZATION; GRANULAR ACTIVATED CARBONS; IMMOBILISATION; METHYLENE BLUE; PACKED COLUMN; TREATMENT PERFORMANCE;

ACTIVATED CARBON;

EID: 34547112812     PISSN: 16103653     EISSN: 16103661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10311-006-0086-6     Document Type: Article

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