Fate of 1,2,3,4,6,7,8-heptachlorodibenzofuran and pentachlorophenol during laboratory-scale anaerobic mesophilic sewage sludge digestion

Chemosphere

Volumn 50, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1227-1233

  Stevens, Joanna L ^a   Green, Nicholas J L ^a   Jones, Kevin C ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dechlorination; Dioxins; Formation; PCDD Fs; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; DECHLORINATION; SEWAGE SLUDGE; SLUDGE DIGESTION;

DIGESTERS;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

1,2,3,4,6,7,8 HEPTACHLORODIBENZOFURAN; DIBENZOFURAN DERIVATIVE; PENTACHLOROPHENOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANAEROBIC PROCESS; DECHLORINATION; DIOXIN; PCDD; PCDF; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHROMATOGRAPHY; DECHLORINATION; LABORATORY; SLUDGE DIGESTION; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

ANAEROBIOSIS; BENZOFURANS; PENTACHLOROPHENOL; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SEWAGE; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

EID: 0037362980     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-6535(02)00703-8     Document Type: Article

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