Biological treatment of PAH-contaminated sediments in a Sequencing Batch Reactor

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 184, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 97-104

  Chiavola, Agostina ^a   Baciocchi, Renato ^b   Gavasci, Renato ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Oxygen uptake rate; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs); Sediments; Sequencing Batch Reactor; Slurry

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT; CONTAMINATED SEDIMENT; CYCLE TIME; DRY WEIGHT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FEED COMPOSITIONS; FLUORENES; HYDRAULIC RESIDENCE TIME; OPERATING CONDITION; ORGANIC LOAD; OXYGEN UPTAKE RATES; PAH MIXTURES; PROCESS PERFORMANCE; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; REMOVAL RATE; RIVER SEDIMENTS; SEDIMENT SLURRIES; SEQUENCING BATCH REACTOR; SEQUENCING BATCH REACTORS; SEQUENTIAL BATCH; TECHNICAL FEASIBILITY; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; VOLATILE SOLID;

ANTHRACENE; AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; AROMATIZATION; BATCH DATA PROCESSING; BATCH REACTORS; BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING; FLUORINE CONTAINING POLYMERS; ORGANIC CARBON; OXYGEN; REMOVAL; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION;

ANTHRACENE; CRYSENE; FLUORENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; PYRENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOREACTOR; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; PAH; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; REACTION KINETICS; RESIDENCE TIME; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SLURRY;

ARTICLE; KINETICS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; SEDIMENT; SEQUENCING BATCH REACTOR;

BIOREACTORS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; OXYGEN; POLYCYCLIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 77957887007     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2010.08.010     Document Type: Article

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