Degradation of phenolics, nitrogen-heterocyclics and polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons in a rotating biological contactor

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 111, Issue , 2012, Pages 12-20

  Jeswani, Hansa ^a   Mukherji, Suparna ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

Author keywords

Abiotic loss; Biofilm; Biomass gasification; Clark's model; Exiguobacterium aurantiacum

Indexed keywords

ABIOTIC LOSS; ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BIOMASS GASIFICATION; BIOMASS GASIFIER; COD REMOVAL; EXIGUOBACTERIUM AURANTIACUM; FLUORANTHENE; HYDRAULIC RETENTION TIME; ORGANIC LOADING RATES; PHENOLICS; POLYNUCLEAR AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; ROTATING BIOLOGICAL CONTACTOR; THREE STAGES;

BENZENE; BIOFILMS; BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; DEGRADATION; GASIFICATION; NAPHTHALENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

PHENOLS;

BENZENE; FLUORANTHENE; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUND; NAPHTHALENE; PHENANTHRENE; PHENOL; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; PYRENE; PYRIDINE; QUINOLINE;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BACTERIUM; BIODEGRADATION; BIOFILM; BIOMASS; BIOREACTOR; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; NITROGEN; PAH; PHENOLIC COMPOUND; RETENTION;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIODEGRADATION; BIOFILM; EXIGUOBACTERIUM AURANTIACUM; GENERAL DEVICE; HYDRAULIC RETENTION TIME; NONHUMAN; ORGANIC LOADING RATE; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATING BIOLOGICAL CONTACTOR; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

BACILLUS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOMASS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; GASES; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NITROGEN; PHENOLS; POLYCYCLIC COMPOUNDS;

EXIGUOBACTERIUM AURANTIACUM;

EID: 84858752244     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2012.01.157     Document Type: Article

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