UASB treatment of chemical synthesis-based pharmaceutical wastewater containing rich organic sulfur compounds and sulfate and associated microbial characteristics

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 260, Issue , 2015, Pages 55-63

  Li, Weicheng ^a,b   Niu, Qigui ^b   Zhang, Hong ^a   Tian, Zhe ^a   Zhang, Yu ^a   Gao, Yingxin ^a   Li, Yu You ^b   Nishimura, Osamu ^b   Yang, Min ^a  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chemical synthesis pharmaceutical wastewater; COD SO4 2 ratio; Organic sulfur compounds; UASB; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS; DEGRADATION; EFFLUENTS; SULFUR; SULFUR DETERMINATION; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

CLOSTRIDIUM CELLULOVORANS; COD/SO42- RATIO; MICROBIAL CHARACTERISTICS; ORGANIC SULFUR COMPOUNDS; PHARMACEUTICAL WASTEWATER; SULFATE CONCENTRATIONS; UASB; UPFLOW ANAEROBIC SLUDGE BLANKETS;

SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84907554364     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2014.08.085     Document Type: Article

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