Anaerobic treatment of sulfate-rich wastewater in an anaerobic sequential batch reactor (AnSBR) using butanol as the carbon source

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1537-1541

  Sarti, Arnaldo ^a   Zaiat, Marcelo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anaerobic sequential batch reactor; Butanol; Industrial wastewater; Mineral coal; Sulfate reduction

Indexed keywords

BUTANOL; COAL; MELAMINE; MINERAL; SULFATE;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIOMASS; BIOREACTOR; CARBON SINK; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; SULFATE; WASTEWATER;

ANAEROBIC SEQUENTIAL BATCH REACTOR; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CARBON SOURCE; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; REACTOR MONITORING; REACTOR OPERATION; REACTOR OPTIMIZATION; SEQUENCING BATCH REACTOR; SULFONATION; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 79952396957     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2011.01.009     Document Type: Article

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