Biological treatment of produced water in a sequencing batch reactor by a consortium of isolated halophilic microorganisms

Environmental Technology

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1229-1239

  Pendashteh, A R ^a   Fakhru'L Razi, A ^a,b   Chuah, T G ^a   Radiah, A B Dayang ^a   Madaeni, S S ^c   Zurina, Z A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c RAZI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

oilfield brine; oilfield wastewater; produced water; sequencing batch reactor; tropical halophilic microorganisms

Indexed keywords

BATCH REACTORS; BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING; BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; CRUDE OIL; HYDROCARBONS; MICROORGANISMS; OIL FIELDS; REMOVAL; SALT REMOVAL; TROPICS; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

BIOLOGICAL PRE-TREATMENT; BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT; HYDROCARBON COMPOUNDS; OIL AND GAS PRODUCTION; OIL AND GREASE; OILFIELD BRINES; ORGANIC LOADING RATES; PRODUCED WATER; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; REMOVAL RATE; SALT CONTENT; SEQUENCING BATCH REACTORS; TOTAL DISSOLVED SOLIDS; TROPICAL HALOPHILIC MICROORGANISMS; WASTE STREAM;

EFFLUENTS;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; HYDROCARBON; NITROGEN; OIL; OXYGEN; PETROLEUM; RESIN; SULFUR;

BIODEGRADATION; BIOLOGICAL METHOD; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CRUDE OIL; DISSOLVED LOAD; EFFLUENT; HYDROCARBON; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; MICROORGANISM; OIL FIELD; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SALT; VOLUME; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

AERATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CORYNEBACTERIUM; DEGRADATION; HALOPHILIC BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; OCHROBACTRUM; PSEUDOMONAS; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; SEQUENCING BATCH REACTOR; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 77956312673     PISSN: 09593330     EISSN: 1479487X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09593331003646612     Document Type: Article

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