Biological tannery wastewater treatment using two stage UASB reactors

Desalination

Volumn 276, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 253-259

  El Sheikh, Mahmoud A ^a   Saleh, Hazem I ^a   Flora, Joeseph R ^b   AbdEl Ghany, Mahmoud R ^c  

^a MENOUFIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL WATER RESEARCH CENTER   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Anaerobic treatment; Biological biodegradation; Tannery wastewater; UASB reactor

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC TREATMENTS; BEST FIT EQUATION; BIOLOGICAL BIODEGRADATION; BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT; DISCHARGED WASTEWATER; EFFICIENT TREATMENT; HYDRAULIC RETENTION TIME; LOW COSTS; OPERATION COST; SMALL INDUSTRIES; TANNERY INDUSTRY; TANNERY WASTEWATER; TANNERY WASTEWATER TREATMENT; TWO STAGE; UASB REACTOR; UPFLOW ANAEROBIC SLUDGE BLANKETS;

BIODEGRADATION; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT;

BIODEGRADATION; BIOREACTOR; RESIDENCE TIME; SLUDGE; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

EGYPT;

EID: 79959513722     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2011.03.060     Document Type: Article

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