Elimination of phenols, ammonia and cyanide in wash water from biomass gasification, and nitrogen recycling using planted trickling filters

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 60, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 3253-3259

  Graber, Andreas ^a   Skvarc, Robert ^a   Junge Berberović, Ranka ^a  

^a ZURICH UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Biomass production; Cyanide; Effluent reuse; Gasifier wash water; Nutrient recycling; Phenols; Trickling filter

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; AMMONIA; AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; BIOMASS; CYANIDES; DENITRIFICATION; DETOXIFICATION; EFFLUENTS; FILTERS (FOR FLUIDS); GAS GENERATORS; GASIFICATION; HEAVY METALS; NITRIFICATION; NUTRIENTS; OXIDATION; PHENOLS; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER TREATMENT;

BIOMASS PRODUCTION; BIOMASS PRODUCTIONS; EFFLUENT REUSE; GASIFIERS; NUTRIENT RECYCLING; TRICKLING FILTER; WASH WATER;

WATER RECYCLING;

AMMONIA; CYANIDE; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; NITROGEN; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WASH WATER; WATER; BIOFUEL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

ACCUMULATION RATE; AMMONIA; BIOLUMINESCENCE; BIOMASS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CYANIDE; DILUTION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FILTER; GERMINATION; HERB; HYDROPONICS; IRRIGATION; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN; PAH; PHENOL; RECYCLING; TOXIC SUBSTANCE; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ALPINIA; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIOFILTER; BIOMASS; BIOMASS CONVERSION; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONFERENCE PAPER; CYMBOPOGON CITRATUS; CYPERUS; DEGRADATION; DETOXIFICATION; ELIMINATION REACTION; ENERGY RESOURCE; GASIFICATION; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); PAPAYA; PH MEASUREMENT; PLANT YIELD; PLANTED TRICKLING FILTER; RECYCLING; SPORE GERMINATION; WASTE WATER; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT; ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FILTRATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INSTRUMENTATION; LEPIDIUM SATIVUM; METHODOLOGY; TOXICITY TESTING; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANT; WETLAND; XANTHOSOMA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LEPIDIUM SATIVUM;

AMMONIA; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOFUELS; BIOMASS; CARICA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CYANIDES; CYPERUS; FILTRATION; LEPIDIUM SATIVUM; PHENOLS; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; TOXICITY TESTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION; WETLANDS; XANTHOSOMA;

EID: 77649221685     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2009.728     Document Type: Article

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