Decolourisation of azo dye containing synthetic wastewater in a rotating biological contactor reactor: A factorial design study

International Journal of Environment and Pollution

Volumn 37, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 266-275

  Pakshirajan, Kannan ^a   Rene, Eldon Raj ^b   Swaminathan, Thiyagarajan ^c  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI   (India)

^b University of Ulsan   (South Korea)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Azo dye; Decolourisation; Factorial design; Mixed culture; RBC; Rotating biological contactor; Textile wastewater

Indexed keywords

AZO DYES; BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; DESIGN OF EXPERIMENTS;

DECOLOURISATION; FACTORIAL DESIGN; MIXED CULTURES; ROTATING BIOLOGICAL CONTACTOR; TEXTILE WASTEWATER;

STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

AZO DYE;

BIOREACTOR; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DYE; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; HYDRAULICS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; TEXTILE INDUSTRY; VARIANCE ANALYSIS; WASTEWATER;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BIOREACTOR; BIOREACTOR DESIGN; DECOLORIZATION; FACTORIAL DESIGN; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 66149131388     PISSN: 09574352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJEP.2009.025130     Document Type: Article

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