Degradation of formaldehyde in anaerobic sequencing batch biofilm reactor (ASBBR)

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 163, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 777-782

  Pereira, N S ^a   Zaiat, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anaerobic degradation; Batch reactor; Formaldehyde; Immobilized biomass

Indexed keywords

ACIDOGENIC; ANAEROBIC DEGRADATION; ANAEROBIC MICROORGANISMS; ANAEROBIC SEQUENCING BATCH BIOFILM REACTORS; ANAEROBIC SEQUENCING BATCH REACTORS; BATCH REACTOR; CHEMICAL-OXYGEN DEMANDS; FORMALDEHYDE CONCENTRATIONS; FORMALDEHYDE DEGRADATIONS; IMMOBILIZED BIOMASS; INITIAL CONCENTRATIONS; LOADING RATES; LONG-CHAIN OLIGOMERS; ORGANIC MATTERS; POLYURETHANE FOAM MATRICES; PROPIONIC ACIDS; REACTOR STABILITIES; SHORT-CHAIN POLYMERS;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; BATCH REACTORS; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMASS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DEGRADATION; EFFLUENTS; FATTY ACIDS; OLIGOMERS; ORGANIC ACIDS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC POLYMERS; OXYGEN; POLYMERS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

FORMALDEHYDE;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIOMASS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEGRADATION; EFFLUENT; FORMALDEHYDE; MICROORGANISM;

ANAEROBIOSIS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOFILMS; BIOREACTORS; FORMALDEHYDE; POLYURETHANES;

EID: 60049090035     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2008.07.028     Document Type: Article

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