Treatment of aqueous effluents containing non-aqueous phase liquids in rotating biological contactor with algal bacterial biofilm

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 200-202, Issue , 2012, Pages 459-470

  Mukherji, Suparna ^a   Chavan, Anal ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

Author keywords

Algal bacterial system; Biofilm reactor; Oily wastewater treatment; Petroleum hydrocarbon degradation

Indexed keywords

ALGAL CULTURE; ALGAL-BACTERIAL SYSTEMS; AQUEOUS EFFLUENT; AQUEOUS PHASE; AROMATIC FRACTION; BACTERIAL BIOFILM; BACTERIAL CULTURES; BATCH MODES; BIOFILM FORMATION; BIOFILM REACTORS; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; DIESEL OIL; FLOWTHROUGH; HYDRAULIC RETENTION TIME; NONAQUEOUS PHASE LIQUIDS; OILY WASTEWATER TREATMENT; PETROLEUM HYDROCARBONS; PLUG FLOW REACTOR; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; ROTATING BIOLOGICAL CONTACTOR; SOLUBLE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SOLUBLE SUBSTRATES; STEADY-STATE OPERATION; TOTAL PETROLEUM HYDROCARBONS; UNIFORM DISTRIBUTION; UNSTEADY STATE; UNSTEADY-STATE OPERATION;

BIODEGRADATION; BIOFILMS; DEGRADATION; DIESEL FUELS; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; PETROLEUM CHEMISTRY; SORPTION;

LOADING;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA;

EID: 84865567997     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2012.06.076     Document Type: Article

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