Treatment of industrial wastewaters by microalgal bacterial flocs in sequencing batch reactors

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 161, Issue , 2014, Pages 245-254

  Van Den Hende, Sofie ^a   Carré, Erwan ^a,b   Cocaud, Elodie ^a,b   Beelen, Veerle ^a   Boon, Nico ^a   Vervaeren, Han ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b Ecole des Metiers de l'Environnement   (France)

Author keywords

Bio flocculation; Harvest; MaB floc; Microalgae; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; HARVESTING; PROCESSED FOODS; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER QUALITY;

BIOFLOCCULATION; INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATERS; MAB-FLOC; MICRO-ALGAE; REMEDIATION STRATEGIES; SEQUENCING BATCH REACTORS; TECHNICAL POTENTIAL; TOTAL SUSPENDED SOLIDS;

INDUSTRIAL WATER TREATMENT;

AQUACULTURE; BIOMASS; BIOREACTOR; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; EFFLUENT; FLOCCULATION; MICROALGA; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

AERATION; AQUACULTURE; ARTICLE; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; EFFLUENT; FILTER; FOOD PROCESSING; HARVESTING; MANURE; MANURE TREATMENT; MICROALGA; MICROALGAL BACTERIAL FLOCS; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT SUPPLY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCING BATCH REACTOR; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; BIOMASS; BIOREACTOR; DEVICES; EVALUATION STUDY; FOOD INDUSTRY; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; PROCEDURES; SEWAGE; WASTE WATER; WATER MANAGEMENT;

INDUSTRIAL WASTE; WASTE WATER;

AQUACULTURE; BIOMASS; BIOREACTORS; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; FOOD INDUSTRY; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MICROALGAE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WASTE WATER; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84897936377     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2014.03.057     Document Type: Article

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