Treatment of coke wastewater in a sequential batch reactor (SBR) at pilot plant scale

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 99, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 4192-4198

  Maranon E ^a   Vazquez I ^a   Rodriguez J ^a   Castrillon L ^a   Fernandez Y ^a   Lopez H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aerobic treatment; Coke wastewater; Phenols; SBR; Thiocyanate

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BATCH REACTORS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; PHENOLS; TOXIC MATERIALS;

AEROBIC TREATMENT; COKE WASTEWATER; SEQUENTIAL BATCH REACTOR; THIOCYANATE;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

AMMONIA; COKE; INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENT; PHENOL; THIOCYANATE;

AMMONIA; BATCH REACTORS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; PHENOLS; TOXIC MATERIALS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

AMMONIA; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); INDUSTRIAL WASTE; OXIC CONDITIONS; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

AEROBIC CAPACITY; ARTICLE; BATCH REACTOR; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TANK; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

ADSORPTION; AMMONIA; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOREACTORS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; COKE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; PHENOL; SEWAGE; THIOCYANATES; TIME FACTORS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 40749095545     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2007.08.081     Document Type: Article

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