Biotreatment of industrial wastewaters under transient-state conditions: Process stability with fluctuations of organic load, substrates, toxicants, and environmental parameters

Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 147-197

  Sipma, Jan ^a,b   Osuna, M Begona ^a   Emanuelsson, Maria A E ^a   Castro, Paula M L ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA PORTUGUESA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Biological treatment; Biomass dynamics; Biomass retention; Bioreactor stability; Extracellular polymeric substances (EPS); Industrial wastewater; Transient states

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT; BIOMASS DYNAMICS; BIOMASS RETENTION; EXTRACELLULAR POLYMERIC SUBSTANCES; INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATERS; TRANSIENT STATE;

ADSORPTION; BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIODEGRADATION; BIOMASS; BIOREACTORS; EFFLUENTS; INDUSTRIAL WATER TREATMENT; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PROCESS ENGINEERING; STABILITY; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER RECYCLING;

BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT;

TOXIC SUBSTANCE;

ADSORPTION; BIOMASS; BIOREACTOR; EFFLUENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; INHIBITOR; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MONITORING; ORGANIC MATTER; SUBSTRATE; TOXIC MATERIAL; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ADSORPTION; ANAEROBIC REACTOR; BIOFILM REACTOR; BIOMASS; BIOREACTOR; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; EFFLUENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; IMMOBILIZED CELL REACTOR; MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PH; POLLUTANT; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; REVIEW; SALINITY; SEQUENCING BATCH REACTOR; SLUDGE; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 75749155053     PISSN: 10643389     EISSN: 15476537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10643380802039329     Document Type: Review

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