Kinetic evaluation and process performance of a fixed film bioreactor removing phthalic acid and dimethyl phthalate

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 167, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 500-506

  Pirsaheb, Meghdad ^a   Mesdaghinia, Ali Reza ^b   Shahtaheri, Seyed Jamaleddin ^b   Zinatizadeh, Ali Akbar ^c,d  

^a KERMANSHAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b Center for Environmental Research   (Iran)

^c RAZI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^d Water and Power Industry Institute for Applied and Scientific Higher Education   (Iran)

Author keywords

Biodegradation; Dimethyl phthalate; Fixed film bioreactor; Kinetic evaluation; Phthalic acid

Indexed keywords

DIMETHYL PHTHALATE; FIXED FILM; FIXED FILM BIOREACTOR; HYDRAULIC RETENTION TIME; INDUSTRIAL PROCESS; KINETIC EVALUATION; KINETIC EVALUATIONS; OPERATING CONDITION; ORGANIC CONTAMINANT; PHTHALATE; PHTHALATE ESTER; PHTHALIC ACID; PROCESS PERFORMANCE; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; SYNTHETIC WASTE WATER;

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIODEGRADATION; BIOMASS; BIOREACTORS; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; DEGRADATION; ESTERS; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS; MICROBIOLOGY; RANGE FINDING; REMOVAL; WASTEWATER;

BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT;

PHTHALIC ACID; PHTHALIC ACID DIMETHYL ESTER;

BIODEGRADATION; BIOREACTOR; ORGANIC ACID; REACTION KINETICS; WASTEWATER;

ADSORPTION; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; BIOREACTOR; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; HYDROPHOBICITY; SLUDGE TREATMENT; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOREACTORS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; KINETICS; PHTHALIC ACIDS; WATER POLLUTANTS;

EID: 66149187958     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2009.01.003     Document Type: Article

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