Performance of anaerobic sequencing batch reactor in the treatment of pharmaceutical wastewater containing erythromycin and sulfamethoxazole mixture

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 70, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1625-1632

  Aydin, S ^a   Ince, B ^a,b   Cetecioglu, Z ^a   Ozbayram, E G ^a   Shahi, A ^a   Okay, O ^a   Arikan, O ^a   Ince, O ^a  

^a ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b BOGAZICI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Anaerobic reactor; Antibiotics; Biodegradation; Inhibition; Pharmaceutical wastewater

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; BATCH REACTORS; BIODEGRADATION; BIOGAS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; ENZYME INHIBITION; MIXTURES; VOLATILE FATTY ACIDS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ANAEROBIC REACTOR; ANAEROBIC SEQUENCING BATCH REACTORS; ANTIBIOTIC CONCENTRATION; ANTIBIOTIC DEGRADATION; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND REMOVALS; FATTY ACID PRODUCTIONS; PHARMACEUTICAL WASTEWATER; SYNTHETIC WASTE WATER;

ANTIBIOTICS;

BIOGAS; ERYTHROMYCIN; METHANE; OXYGEN; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; VOLATILE FATTY ACID; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BIOFUEL; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIODEGRADATION; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DRUG; METABOLISM; SUBSTRATE; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ANAEROBIC REACTOR; ANAEROBIC SEQUENCING BATCH REACTOR; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BIODEGRADATION; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENERGY YIELD; PHARMACEUTICAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT; SEQUENCING BATCH REACTOR; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ANALYSIS; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIOREACTOR; DRUG EFFECTS; METABOLISM; MICROFLORA; PROCEDURES; SEWAGE; STANDARDS; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANAEROBIOSIS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIOFUELS; BIOLOGICAL OXYGEN DEMAND ANALYSIS; BIOREACTORS; ERYTHROMYCIN; FATTY ACIDS, VOLATILE; METHANE; MICROBIOTA; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84918791910     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2014.418     Document Type: Article

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