The effect of mixing pharmaceutical and tannery wastewaters on the biodegradation characteristics of the effluents

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 156, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 292-299

  Cokgor, Emine Ubay ^a   Karahan, Ozlem ^a   Orhon, Derin ^b  

^a ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Turkish Academy of Sciences   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Acetylsalicylic acid effluent; COD fractions; Process kinetics; Respirometry; Tannery effluent

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DRUG PRODUCTS; MIXING; OXYGEN;

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID EFFLUENT; COD FRACTIONS; PROCESS KINETICS; TANNERY EFFLUENT;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID;

CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DRUG PRODUCTS; MIXING; OXYGEN; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

BIODEGRADATION; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DRUG; EFFLUENT; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MODEL VALIDATION; REACTION KINETICS; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; CALIBRATION; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; EFFLUENT; HOSPITAL WASTE; HYDROLYSIS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; LEATHER INDUSTRY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; RESPIROMETRY; STATISTICAL MODEL; WASTE WATER;

BIOMASS; DATA COLLECTION; DRUG INDUSTRY; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; TANNING; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 44649195088     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2007.12.037     Document Type: Article

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