Performance enhancement with powdered activated carbon (PAC) addition in a membrane bioreactor (MBR) treating distillery effluent

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 170, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 457-465

  Satyawali, Yamini ^a   Balakrishnan, Malini ^a,b  

^a TERI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b THE ENERGY AND RESOURCES INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Biodegradation; Distillery wastewater; Melanoidins; Membrane bioreactor (MBR); Powdered activated carbon (PAC)

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND REMOVALS; CRITICAL FLUX; DISTILLERY EFFLUENTS; DISTILLERY WASTEWATER; DISTILLERY WASTEWATERS; FILTRATION AREA; HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT COMPOUNDS; LOADING RATE; MELANOIDINS; MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR (MBR); NYLON MESH; ORGANIC LOADING RATES; PERFORMANCE ENHANCEMENTS; POWDERED ACTIVATED CARBON; POWDERED ACTIVATED CARBON (PAC); START-UP; WOOD CHARCOAL;

ADSORPTION; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIODEGRADATION; BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; BIOREACTORS; CHARCOAL; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DEGRADATION; EFFLUENTS; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS; MICROBIOLOGY; OXYGEN; POLYAMIDES; POLYSACCHARIDES; RAYON; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED CARBON;

ACTIVATED CARBON; CHARCOAL; POWDERED ACTIVATED CARBON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREACTOR; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; EFFLUENT; MEMBRANE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POLYSACCHARIDE; ULTRAFILTRATION; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMICAL REACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFLUENT; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MEMBRANE REACTOR; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CHARCOAL; FILTRATION; FOOD INDUSTRY; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; MOLASSES; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; POWDERS; SACCHARUM; SEWAGE; WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIODEGRADATION; CHARCOAL; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; EFFLUENTS; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; POLYAMIDES; POLYSACCHARIDES; RAYON; WASTE WATERS; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 67749101752     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2009.04.074     Document Type: Article

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