Molasses as an efficient low-cost carbon source for biological Cr(VI) removal

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 281, Issue , 2015, Pages 95-105

  Michailides, Michail K ^a   Tekerlekopoulou, Athanasia G ^a   Akratos, Christos S ^a   Coles, Sandra ^a   Pavlou, Stavros ^a,b   Vayenas, Dimitrios V ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING SCIENCES   (Greece)

Author keywords

Attached growth; Biological removal; Hexavalent chromium; Molasses; Suspended growth

Indexed keywords

BATCH REACTORS; CARBON; MOLASSES; PACKED BEDS;

ATTACHED GROWTH; BIOLOGICAL REMOVAL; ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS; HEXAVALENT CHROMIUM; OPTIMAL CONCENTRATION; OPTIMAL PERFORMANCE; SUSPENDED GROWTH; TECHNOLOGICAL SOLUTION;

CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS;

CHROMIUM; MOLASSES; SUGAR; CARBON; CHROMIUM HEXAVALENT ION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; SEWAGE; WATER POLLUTANT;

BIODEGRADATION; BIOREACTOR; CARBON; CHROMIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; FILTER; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MOLASSE; REMOVAL EXPERIMENT;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BATCH REACTOR; BIOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS; BIOLOGY; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CARBON SOURCE; CHEMICAL REACTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPARATIVE TOXICOLOGY; CONCENTRATION PROCESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ENERGY RESOURCE; INDUSTRIAL SLUDGE; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; PACKED BED REACTOR; PHASE SEPARATION; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; BIOREACTOR; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; METABOLISM; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PROCEDURES; SEWAGE; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANT;

BIOREACTORS; CARBON; CHROMIUM; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MOLASSES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SEWAGE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84921976025     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: 18733336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2014.08.004     Document Type: Article

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