Aerobic degradation of phenolics and aromatic hydrocarbons in presence of cyanide

► Coke oven wastewater contains phenolics, aromatic hydrocarbons along with cyanide. ► Earlier studies focused only on biodegradation of mixed organic compounds. ► Effect of cyanide, along with mixed complex organic pollutants were not studied earlier. ► This study focused on degradation of mixed complex organic pollutants with cyanide. ► A mathematical model is proposed to model the degradation of mixed pollutant system.