Biological treatment of saline wastewaters in an aerobic sequencing batch reactor

Environmental Progress and Sustainable Energy

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 198-205

  Deorsola, Adriana B ^a   Camarinha, Gilberto C ^a   Carvalho, Denize D ^a   Sant'Anna Jr , Geraldo L ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

biological treatment; saline wastewater; sequencing batch reactor

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND REMOVALS; DELETERIOUS EFFECTS; EFFLUENT TURBIDITY; SALINE WASTEWATER; SEQUENCING BATCH REACTORS; SYNTHETIC WASTE WATER; WASTEWATER BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; EFFLUENTS; TURBIDITY;

SALT REMOVAL;

PROTOZOA;

EID: 84876284816     PISSN: 19447442     EISSN: 19447450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ep.10634     Document Type: Article

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