Effects of sludge retention time and biosurfactant on the treatment of polyaromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) in a petrochemical industry wastewater

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 64, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2282-2292

  Sponza, D T ^a   Gok, O ^a  

^a DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Biosurfactant; Petrochemical industry; Sludge retention time

Indexed keywords

ACENAPHTHENE; ACTIVATED SLUDGE REACTORS; AEROBIC TREATMENT; BENZENE RING; BENZO[A]PYRENE; BIO SURFACTANT; BIO-SURFACTANTS; BIOMASS GROWTH; EMULSAN; FLUORANTHENE; FLUORENES; LABORATORY SCALE; ORGANICS; PERYLENES; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; POLYAROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; RHAMNOLIPIDS; SLUDGE RETENTION TIME; SOLUBLE MICROBIAL PRODUCTS; WASTE SLUDGE;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; ANTHRACENE; BENZENE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOMOLECULES; EFFLUENTS; FLUORINE CONTAINING POLYMERS; HYDROCARBONS; PETROCHEMICALS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND;

BIOSURFACTANT; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIODEGRADATION; BIOMASS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; GROWTH RATE; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; LABORATORY METHOD; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PAH; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; RETENTION; SURFACTANT;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOMASS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; SLUDGE; SLUDGE RETENTION TIME; WASTE WATER; WATER TREATMENT;

BIOREACTORS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; PETROLEUM; PILOT PROJECTS; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; SEWAGE; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS; TIME FACTORS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84055193636     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2011.734     Document Type: Article

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