Fate of selected RCRA compounds in a pilot-scale activated sludge system

Water Environment Research

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 260-269

  Bhattacharya, S K ^a,b   Madura, R L ^a,b   Dobbs, R A ^a,b   Angara, R V R ^a,b   Tabak, H ^a,b  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

activated sludge; adsorption; biodegradation; hazardous wastes; volatile organic compounds

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; ADSORPTION; BIODEGRADATION; BIOMASS; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; HYDROCARBONS; KETONES; REMOVAL; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; HAZARDOUS WASTES; RCRA COMPOUNDS;

HAZARDOUS MATERIALS;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLUDGE; SLUDGE CONDITIONING; SLUDGE DISPOSAL; WASTE DISPOSAL;

EID: 0030152582     PISSN: 10614303     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2175/106143096X127695     Document Type: Article

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