Performance evaluation of various bioreactors for the removal of Cr(VI) and organic matter from industrial effluent

Biochemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 174-186

  Elangovan, R ^a   Philip, Ligy ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Arthrobacter rhombi RE; Bioreactor; COD removal; Cr(VI) reduction; Kinetic parameter

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC SYSTEMS; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; ARTHROBACTER RHOMBI-RE; ATTACHED GROWTHS; BATCH EXPERIMENTS; BIO-KINETIC PARAMETERS; COD REMOVAL; CONTAMINATED SOILS; CONTINUOUS REACTORS; CR(VI) REDUCTION; HEXAVALENT CHROMIUMS; HYDRAULIC RETENTION TIME; IDENTICAL CONDITIONS; INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENTS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE WATERS; OPERATING CONDITIONS; ORGANIC LOADING RATES; ORGANIC MATTERS; PERFORMANCE EVALUATIONS; SUSPENDED GROWTH SYSTEMS; SYNTHETIC WASTEWATERS;

BIOCONVERSION; BIOREACTORS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS; EFFLUENTS; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS; KINETIC PARAMETERS; METAL RECOVERY; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SEWAGE; SOIL POLLUTION; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

CHROMIUM;

CHROMIUM; INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENT; ORGANIC MATTER;

AEROBIC REACTOR; ARTHROBACTER; ARTHROBACTER RHOMBI; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

ARTHROBACTER RHOMBI;

EID: 61449208826     PISSN: 1369703X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bej.2008.11.014     Document Type: Article

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