Water Science & Technology

Volume 48 Number 8

Environmental Biotechnology: Applications for Treatment and Utilization of Industrial Wastes (Selected Proceedings of the International Conference on Environmental Biotechnology, held in Palmerston North, New Zealoand, 15-17 April 2002)

Contents

1–8

Nitrogen fixation in the activated sludge treatment of thermomechanical pulping wastewater: effect of dissolved oxygen

A.H. Slade, S.M. Anderson and B.G. Evans

9–18

Nitrogen removal from digester supernatant via nitrite - SBR or SHARON?

C. Fux, K. Lange, A. Faessler, P. Huber, B. Grueniger and H. Siegrist

19–26

Advanced nitrogen elimination by encapsulated nitrifiers

M. Sievers, K.-D. Vorlop, J. Hahne, M. Schlieker and S. Schäfer

27–34

Biological nitrification and denitrification of opto-electronic industrial wastewater

T.-K. Chen, C.-H. Ni and J.-N. Chen

35–41

Long term effects of temperature and substrate level on BNR with an external nitrification reactor

J.S. Ha and E. Choi

43–51

Biological phosphorus removal from a phosphorus-rich dairy processing wastewater

P.O. Bickers, R. Bhamidimarri, J. Shepherd and J. Russell

53–60

Characterisation of aerobic bio treatment of meat plant effluent

N. Thayalakumaran, R. Bhamidimarri and P.O. Bickers

61–68

Respirometric measurement of kinetic parameters: effect of activated sludge floc size

K.H. Chu, H.M. van Veldhuizen and M.C.M. van Loosdrecht

69–77

Airlift-reactor design and test for aerobic environmental bioprocesses with extremely high solid contents at high temperatures

H. Feitkenhauer, R. Maleski and H. Märkl

79–87

Microbial activity of biofilm during start-up period of anaerobic hybrid reactor at low and high upflow feeding velocity

B. Suraruksa, A. Nopharatana, P. Chaiprasert, M. Tanticharoen and S. Bhumiratana

89–96

Biomass accumulation patterns for removing volatile organic compounds in rotating drum biofilters

C. Yang, M.T. Suidan, X. Zhu and B.J. Kim

97–102

Laboratory scale and pilot plant study on treatment of toxic wastewater from the petrochemical industry by UASB reactors

V. Stergar, J. Zagorc-Končan and A. Zgajnar-Gotvanj

103–110

Membrane bioreactors for final treatment of wastewater

N.I. Galil, Ch. Sheindorf, N. Stahl, A. Tenenbaum and Y. Levinsky

111–117

Hazardous waste landfill leachate treatment using an activated sludge-membrane system

T. Setiadi and S. Fairus

119–126

Molecular assessment of ammonia- and nitrite-oxidizing bacteria in full-scale activated sludge wastewater treatment plants

K.G. Robinson, H.M. Dionisi, G. Harms, A.C. Layton, I.R. Gregory and G.S. Sayler

127–133

Evaluation of biomass production in unleaded gasoline and BTEX-fed batch reactors

K. Acuna-Askar, A.J. Englande, Jr., A. Ramirez-Medrano, J.E. Coronado-Guardiola and B. Chavez-Gomez

135–141

The microbial community analysis of a 5-stage BNR process with step feed system

H.W. Lee, S.Y. Lee, J.O. Lee, H.G. Kim, J.B. Park, E. Choi and Y.K. Park

143–150

Enrichment of nitrifying microbial communities from shrimp farms and commercial inocula

C. Paungfoo, P. Prasertsan, N. Intrasungkha, L.L. Blackall and R. Bhamidimarri

151–158

Effects of ferric ion on bioleaching of heavy metals from contaminated sediment

S.Y. Chen, J.G. Lin and C.Y. Lee

159–167

The enzymology of sludge solubilisation utilising sulphate reducing systems: the role of lipases

C.G. Whiteley, X. Melamane, B. Pletschke and P.D. Rose

169–176

Bioleaching of metals from sludges and acid production under increased metal concentrations

P.O. Bickers, R.C. Chong, R. Bhamidimarri and M.G. Killick

177–183

Biodegradation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) by microbial consortia enriched from mangrove sediments

N.F.Y. Tam, C.L. Guo, C. Yau, L. Ke and Y.S. Wong

185–194

Estimation of stoichiometric and kinetic coefficients of ASm3 under aerobic and anoxic conditions via respirometry

E. Avcioğlu, Ö. Karahan-Gül and D. Orhon

195–202

Application of a membrane bioreactor system for opto-electronic industrial wastewater treatment - a pilot study

T.K. Chen, J.N. Chen, C.H. Ni, G.T. Lin and C.Y. Chang

203–210

A new method for the fast determination of kinetic parameters in anaerobic digestion processes and application to textile wet processing wastewater

H. Feitkenhauer and U. Meyer

211–219

Solubilization of waste activated sludge by alkaline pretreatment and biochemical methane potential (BMP) tests for anaerobic co-digestion of municipal organic waste

N.-H. Heo, S.-C. Park, J.-S. Lee and H. Kang

221–228

Polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) production from waste

D.H. Rhu, W.H. Lee, J.Y. Kim and E. Choi

229–237

Improved process control with a pHauxostat for application in biotechnology

G.H. de Villiers

239–246

Production of biopesticides using wastewater sludge as a raw material - effect of process parameters

M.L. Tirado Montiel, R.D. Tyagi, J.R. Valero and R.Y. Surampalli

247–254

Effect of oxygen on the stability and inducibility of the biodegradative capability of benzoate

Ö. Çinar, T. Deniz and C.P.L. Grady Jr.

255–259

Elucidation mechanism of organic acids production from organic matter (grass) using digested and partially digested cattle feed

V. Sonakya, N. Raizada, R. Dalhoff and P.A. Wilderer

261–269

Substrata effects on bacterial biofilm development in a subsurface flow dairy waste treatment wetland

G. Silyn-Roberts and G. Lewis