Modeling the performance of biodegradation of textile wastewater using polyurethane foam sponge cube as a supporting medium

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 62, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2801-2810

  Lin, Yen Hui ^a  

^a CENTRAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Biodegradation; Fixed biofilm reactor (FBR); Modeling; Textile wastewater

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BATCH KINETIC TESTS; BIO-KINETIC PARAMETERS; BIOFILM REACTORS; COLUMN TEST; CONVENTIONAL TREATMENTS; EFFLUENT CONCENTRATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FIXED-BIOFILM REACTOR (FBR); INFLUENT FLOW RATE; KINETIC MODELS; MAXIMAL VALUES; MICROSCOPIC OBSERVATIONS; MODELING; PILOT SCALE; POLYURETHANE FOAM; STEADY STATE; STEADY-STATE CONDITION; SUBSTRATE CONCENTRATIONS; SUBSTRATE FLUX; TEXTILE WASTEWATER; UNIFORM DISTRIBUTION;

BIODEGRADATION; BIOFILMS; BIOFILTERS; BIOREACTORS; CARBON DIOXIDE; COAGULATION; DEGRADATION; EFFLUENTS; MICROBIOLOGY; RIGID FOAMED PLASTICS; TEXTILE PROCESSING; TEXTILES; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT;

CARBON DIOXIDE; POLYURETHAN FOAM;

BIODEGRADATION; BIOFILM; BIOMASS; BIOREACTOR; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MODEL TEST; TEXTILE INDUSTRY; WASTEWATER;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOFILM; BIOFILM REACTOR; BIOMASS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EFFLUENT; FLOW RATE; KINETICS; MICROSCOPY; STEADY STATE; TEXTILE; WASTE WATER;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOFILMS; BIOMASS; BIOREACTORS; CARBON DIOXIDE; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PILOT PROJECTS; POLYURETHANES; TEXTILE INDUSTRY; TIME FACTORS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

EID: 78751511086     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2010.071     Document Type: Article

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