Process efficiency and microbial monitoring in MBR (membrane bioreactor) and CASP (conventional activated sludge process) treatment of tannery wastewater

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 99, Issue 18, 2008, Pages 8559-8564

  Munz, Giulio ^a   Gualtiero, Mori ^b   Salvadori, Laura ^a   Claudia, Barberio ^a   Lubello, Claudio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b Consorzio Cuoiodepur Spa ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Fluorescent in situ hybridization; MBR; Membrane bioreactor; Nitrification kinetics; Tannery wastewater

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA-OXIDIZING BACTERIA; BIO REACTOR; COD REMOVAL; CONVENTIONAL ACTIVATED-SLUDGE; FLUORESCENT IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; KINETIC PARAMETERS; MBR; MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; NITRIFICATION KINETICS; NITRIFYING BACTERIA; NITRITE-OXIDIZING BACTERIA; NITROBACTER; NITROSPIRA; OPERATING CONDITIONS; PH-STAT; PHYLOGENETIC PROBES; PILOT-SCALE; PROCESS EFFICIENCY; PROTEOBACTERIA; TANNERY WASTE WATERS; TANNERY WASTEWATER; TREATMENT EFFICIENCY;

AMMONIA; ARSENIC COMPOUNDS; BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; BIOACTIVITY; BIOREACTORS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; NITROGEN REMOVAL; NONMETALS; PROCESS ENGINEERING; SEWAGE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS;

AMMONIA;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BIOREACTOR; HYBRIDIZATION; MEMBRANE; MONITORING; NITRIFICATION; NITRIFYING BACTERIUM; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; BIOREACTOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; LEATHER INDUSTRY; NITRIFICATION; NITROBACTER; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TITRIMETRY; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

BACTERIA; BIOMASS; BIOREACTORS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; KINETICS; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; SEWAGE; TANNING; VOLATILIZATION; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER PURIFICATION;

GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; NEGIBACTERIA; NITROBACTER; NITROSOMONADALES; NITROSPIRA;

EID: 50349097200     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2008.04.006     Document Type: Article

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