Characterization and performance of carbonaceous materials obtained from exhausted sludges for the anaerobic biodecolorization of the azo dye Acid Orange II

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 267, Issue , 2013, Pages 21-30

  Athalathil, S ^a   Stuber F ^a   Bengoa, C ^a   Font, J ^a   Fortuny, A ^b   Fabregat, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Azo dye; Biodecolorization; Biological carbonaceous material; Sewage exhausted materials

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC BIODECOLORIZATION; BIODECOLORIZATION; CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS; COMMERCIAL ACTIVATED CARBONS; FIRST-ORDER KINETIC MODELS; LANGMUIR ISOTHERM MODELS; SURFACE CHARACTERISTICS; UP-FLOW PACKED BED REACTORS;

ACTIVATED CARBON; AZO DYES; CARBONIZATION; CHARACTERIZATION; CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; PACKED BEDS; SEWAGE;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS;

ACID ORANGE II; ACTIVATED CARBON; AZO DYE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC CHLORIDE;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; DYE; EFFLUENT; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SEWAGE; SLUDGE; TEXTILE INDUSTRY;

ADSORPTION; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ARTICLE; CARBONACEOUS MATERIAL; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DECOLORIZATION; DEGRADATION; ISOTHERM; MATERIALS; PACKED BED REACTOR; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; SLUDGE; SURFACE PROPERTY; TEMPERATURE; TEXTILE; THERMOGRAVIMETRY; UPFLOW REACTOR; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION;

AZO DYE; BIODECOLORIZATION; BIOLOGICAL CARBONACEOUS MATERIAL; SEWAGE EXHAUSTED MATERIALS;

ADSORPTION; ALGORITHMS; ANAEROBIOSIS; AZO COMPOUNDS; CARBON; CATALYSIS; COLOR; KINETICS; NAPHTHALENES; NITROGEN; POROSITY; SEWAGE; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; THERMODYNAMICS; THERMOGRAVIMETRY; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84891793505     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: 18733336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2013.12.031     Document Type: Article

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