Herbal pharmaceutical wastewater treatment by a pilot scale upflow anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB) reactor

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 59, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2265-2272

  Satyanarayan, S ^a   Karambe, A ^a   Vanerkar, A P ^b  

^a NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b Ministry of Mines Government of India   (India)

Author keywords

Herbal medicine; Herbal pharmaceutical wastewater; SEM study; UASB reactor; VFA concentration

Indexed keywords

BIOGAS PRODUCTION; COST EFFECTIVE; DIFFERENT HEIGHTS; HERBAL MEDICINES; HIGH STRENGTH WASTEWATER; HYDRAULIC RETENTION TIME; ORGANIC LOADING RATES; PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY; PHARMACEUTICAL WASTEWATER; PILOT SCALE; PRODUCT RECOVERY; SEM; SEM STUDY; SUSPENDED SOLIDS; UASB REACTOR; UP-FLOW ANAEROBIC SLUDGE BLANKET REACTORS; UPFLOW ANAEROBIC SLUDGE BLANKETS;

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIOGAS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DRUG PRODUCTS PLANTS; MEDICINE; OXYGEN; PLANTS (BOTANY); SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SHEET MOLDING COMPOUNDS; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL;

WATER RECYCLING;

BIOGAS;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIOGAS; BIOREACTOR; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING WORLD; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY; RETENTION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SLUDGE; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; WASTE FACILITY; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER; WATER POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DRUG INDUSTRY; INDUSTRIAL SLUDGE; SCALE UP; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLID; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; UPFLOW REACTOR; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; BIOREACTOR; EVALUATION; HERBAL MEDICINE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; SEWAGE; WATER MANAGEMENT;

BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; BIOREACTORS; DRUG INDUSTRY; HERBAL MEDICINE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PILOT PROJECTS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 69249221662     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2009.273     Document Type: Article

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