Ex situ treatment of N-nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA) in groundwater using a fluidized bed reactor

Water Research

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 811-820

  Webster, Todd S ^a   Condee, Charles ^b   Hatzinger, Paul B ^b  

^a Envirogen Technologies Inc ^*  (United States)

^b Shaw Environmental Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodegradation; Bioremediation; Fluidized bed reactor; Groundwater; N nitrosodimethylamine; NDMA; Propanotroph

Indexed keywords

BIOREACTORS; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; EFFLUENTS; FLUID CATALYTIC CRACKING; FLUIDIZED BED FURNACES; FLUIDIZED BEDS; GROUNDWATER; IRRADIATION; PROPANE; SUPERSATURATION; WATER TREATMENT;

EFFLUENT CONCENTRATIONS; EX SITU; FLUIDIZED BED REACTORS; HUMAN CARCINOGEN; HYDRAULIC RESIDENCE TIME; N-NITROSODIMETHYLAMINE; PROPANOTROPH; SITU TREATMENT; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATIONS;

BIODEGRADATION;

DIMETHYLNITROSAMINE; GROUND WATER; OXYGEN; PROPANE; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

BACTERIUM; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREACTOR; BIOREMEDIATION; CARCINOGEN; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EFFLUENT; GROUNDWATER FLOW; MEMBRANE; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SUBSTRATE; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHEMICAL PROCEDURES; FLUIDIZED BED REACTOR; HYDRAULIC RESIDENCE TIME; LABORATORY; MEMBRANE REACTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHODOCOCCUS; RHODOCOCCUS RUBER;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); RHODOCOCCUS RUBER;

EID: 84871513019     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2012.11.011     Document Type: Article

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