Dynamic modeling of biodegradation and volatilization of hazardous aromatic substances in aerobic bioreactor

Water Research

Volumn 46, Issue 16, 2012, Pages 5327-5342

  Mozo, I ^a,b,c   Lesage, G ^a,b,c   Yin, J ^a,b,c   Bessiere, Y ^a,b,c   Barna, L ^a,b,c   Sperandio, M ^a,b,c  

^a INSA   (France)

^b UMR792 INGÉNIERIE DES SYSTÈMES BIOLOGIQUES ET DES PROCÉDÉS   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Activated sludge; Bioremediation; BTEX; Modeling; Stripping; Volatile organic compound (VOC)

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; BARK STRIPPING; BATCH REACTORS; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREMEDIATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GROWTH RATE; MODELS; MOLECULES; NAPHTHALENE; POPULATION STATISTICS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BTEX; INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATERS; OPERATING CONDITION; OPERATING PARAMETERS; SEQUENCING BATCH REACTORS; VOC BIODEGRADATIONS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND (VOC);

BIOHAZARDS;

AROMATIC COMPOUND; HYDROGEN; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AIRFLOW; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIODEGRADATION; BIOMASS; BIOREACTOR; BIOREMEDIATION; BTEX; GROWTH RATE; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; REACTION KINETICS; SUBSTRATE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; VOLATILIZATION; WASTEWATER;

AEROBIC REACTOR; AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIODEGRADATION; BIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS CONCERNING THE ENTIRE ORGANISM; BIOMASS; BIOREACTOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DANGEROUS GOODS; GROWTH RATE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; KINETICS; MODEL; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTOR OPTIMIZATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VOLATILIZATION;

EID: 84865971196     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2012.07.014     Document Type: Article

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