Performance of biological treatment of high-level ammonia landfill leachate

Environmental Technology

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1169-1178

  Ellouze, M ^a   Aloui, F ^a   Sayadi, S ^a  

^a CENTRE DE BIOTECHNOLOGIE DE SFAX   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Acclimatized consortia; Biological treatment; Detoxification; Landfill leachate; N NH 4+ removal

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIODEGRADATION; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; DETOXIFICATION; EFFICIENCY; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; EFFLUENTS; HEAVY METALS; LEACHATE TREATMENT; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; OXYGEN; SEED; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS; TOXICITY; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ACCLIMATIZED CONSORTIA; BIODEGRADATION EXPERIMENTS; BIOLOGICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT; COD REMOVAL EFFICIENCY; HYDRAULIC RETENTION TIME; LANDFILL LEACHATES; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

LOADING;

AMMONIA; HEAVY METAL; HYDROCARBON; INORGANIC SALT; ORGANIC MATTER; PHENOL; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

BIOLUMINESCENCE; BIOMASS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; HEAVY METALS; LEACHATE TREATMENT;

ACCLIMATION; AMMONIA; BACTERIUM; BIODEGRADATION; DETOXIFICATION; GERMINATION; LANDFILL; LEACHATE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; RETENTION; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIODEGRADATION; BIOLUMINESCENCE; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DETOXIFICATION; EFFLUENT; GERMINATION; LANDFILL LEACHATE; LEPIDIUM SATIVUM; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; SANITATION; SLUDGE; STIRRED REACTOR; TUNISIA; VIBRIO FISCHERI; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

LEPIDIUM SATIVUM; VIBRIO FISCHERI;

EID: 52949122508     PISSN: 09593330     EISSN: 1479487X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09593330802131693     Document Type: Article

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