TY - JOUR N2 - In the present study, treatment of synthetic wastewater containing phenol, resorcinol and catechol was studied in a sequencing batch reactor (SBR). Parameters such as hydraulic retention time (HRT) and filling time have been optimized to increase the phenol, resorcinol, catechol and chemical oxygen demand (COD) removal efficiencies. More than 99% phenol, 95% resorcinol and 96% catechol and 89% COD removal efficiency was obtained at optimum conditions of HRT = 1.25 d and fill time = 1.5 h. The heating value of the sludge was found to be 12 MJ/kg. The sludge can be combusted to recover its energy value. L1 - http://journals.pan.pl/Content/85827/PDF/hydraulic.pdf L2 - http://journals.pan.pl/Content/85827 PY - 2013 IS - No 2 DO - 10.2478/v10265-012-0028-2 KW - phenol KW - resorcinol KW - catechol KW - brachiopods KW - hydraulic retention time KW - biodegradation A1 - Thakur, Chandrakant A1 - Mall, Indra Deo A1 - Srivastava, Vimal Chandra PB - Polish Academy of Sciences VL - vol. 39 DA - 2013 T1 - Effect of Hydraulic Retention Time and Filling Time on Simultaneous Biodegradation of Phenol, Resorcinol and Catechol in a Sequencing Batch Reactor UR - http://journals.pan.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/85827 T2 - Archives of Environmental Protection ER -