Improved biodegradability of hardly-decomposable wastewaters from petrochemical industry through photo-Fenton method and determination of optimum operational conditions by response surface methodology

Abstract Background Petrochemical wastewaters are highly polluting due to having various destructive materials such as aromatic hydrocarbons and heavy metal ions. Therefore, they need to be treated before disposal to the environment. However, due to low biodegradability, applying common treatment me...

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Main Authors: Mahmood Derakhshan, Mojtaba Fazeli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-06-01
Series:Journal of Biological Engineering
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13036-018-0104-9