A membrane bioreactor for the simultaneous treatment of acetone, toluene, limonene and hexane at trace level concentrations

Water Research

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 2199-2212

  Lebrero, R ^a,b   Volckaert, D ^a   Perez R ^b   Munoz R ^b   Van Langenhove, H ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Membrane bioreactor; Odorous VOCs; Trace level concentrations; Waste gas treatment

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOFILMS; BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; BIOREACTORS; MASS TRANSFER; MEMBRANES; MONOTERPENES; TOLUENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; WASTE TREATMENT;

FLAT MEMBRANE; GAS RESIDENCE; HEXANE REMOVAL; MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; MICROBIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES RICHNESS; TRACE-LEVEL CONCENTRATIONS; WASTE GAS TREATMENT;

HEXANE;

ACETONE; CARBON; HEXANE; LIMONENE; SILICONE OIL; TOLUENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ACETONE; BIOFILM; BIOREACTOR; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); INHIBITION; INOCULATION; MASS TRANSFER; MEMBRANE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; ODOR; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; RESIDENCE TIME; SPECIES RICHNESS; TOLUENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; WASTE TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; BIOREACTOR; BIOREMEDIATION; CARBON SOURCE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; INHIBITION KINETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROSCOPY; WASTE WATER RECYCLING;

EID: 84875595082     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2013.01.041     Document Type: Article

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