High-rate anaerobic treatment of Fischer-Tropsch wastewater in a packed-bed biofilm reactor

Water Research

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 2745-2752

  Majone, Mauro ^a   Aulenta, Federico ^a   Dionisi, Davide ^a   D'Addario, Ezio N ^b   Sbardellati, Rosa ^b   Bolzonella, David ^c   Beccari, Mario ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b ENI S P A   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anaerobic treatment; Fischer Tropsch wastewater; Gibbs free energy; Long chain alcohols; Packed bed biofilm

Indexed keywords

BIOFILMS; BIOREACTORS; CHAINS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; FREE ENERGY; INDUSTRIAL WATER TREATMENT; METHANE; METHANOGENS; PACKED BEDS; PROPIONIC ACID; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ANEROBIC TREATMENT; BIOFILM REACTOR; CHEMICAL-OXYGEN DEMANDS; FISCHER TROPSCH; FISCHER-TROPSCH WASTEWATER; HIGH RATE; INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATERS; LONG CHAIN ALCOHOLS; ORGANIC LOAD RATES; PACKED-BED BIOFILM;

GIBBS FREE ENERGY;

ACETIC ACID; ALCOHOL; HYDROGEN; METHANE; PROPIONIC ACID;

ALCOHOL; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIOFILM; BIOREACTOR; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; GIBBS FREE ENERGY; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ANAEROBIC REACTOR; ARTICLE; BIOFILM REACTOR; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONTINUOUS FLOW REACTOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRICITY; METHANOGEN; METHANOGENESIS; OXIDATION; PACKED BED REACTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTOR OPERATION; THERMODYNAMICS; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 77950932696     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2010.02.008     Document Type: Article

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