Biological treatment of toluene contaminated wastewater by Alcaligenese faecalis in an extractive membrane bioreactor; experiments and modeling

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1239-1246

  Mehdizadeh, S N ^a   Mehrnia, M R ^a   Abdi, K ^b   Sarrafzadeh, M H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Biodegradation kinetics; Extractive membrane bioreactor; Mathematical modeling; Toluene; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION KINETICS; BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT; CONTAMINATED WASTEWATER; DYNAMIC BEHAVIORS; EXTERIOR SURFACES; EXTRACTIVE MEMBRANE BIOREACTORS; HALDANE KINETICS; KINETIC CONSTANT; MASS TRANSFER RESISTANCES; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; MEMBRANE MODULE; OVERALL MASS TRANSFER COEFFICIENT; POLLUTANT CONCENTRATION; PURE CULTURE; SERIES MODEL; TOLUENE BIODEGRADATION; TOXIC CONTAMINANTS; VOLATILE HYDROCARBONS;

BENZENE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOFILMS; BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; BIOREACTORS; CONTAMINATION; DEGRADATION; HYDROCARBONS; KINETICS; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEMBRANES; MICROBIOLOGY; TOLUENE; WASTEWATER; XYLENE;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

TOLUENE;

BACTERIUM; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREACTOR; MASS TRANSFER; MEMBRANE; NUMERICAL MODEL; TOLUENE; VOLATILE ELEMENT; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ALCALIGENES FAECALIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOFILM; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRADATION KINETICS; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; EXTRACTIVE MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEMBRANE REACTOR; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; MICROBIAL GROWTH; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL DENSITY; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PREDICTION; VALIDATION PROCESS; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTANT;

ALCALIGENES FAECALIS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOREACTORS; TOLUENE; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 80052958824     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2011.756     Document Type: Article

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