Upgrading of the biotreatment in a pharmaceutical industry with activated carbon addition

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 11-12, 2004, Pages 437-444

  Cecen F ^a   Aktas O ^a  

^a BOGAZICI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Activated carbon; Activated sludge; Chemical synthesis; Pharmaceuticals; Spectral measurements

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; CARBON; SEWAGE SLUDGE; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); WASTEWATER;

OXYGEN UPTAKE RATE (OUR);

DRUG PRODUCTS PLANTS;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ORGANIC MATTER; OXYGEN; WATER;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BIODEGRADATION; CHEMICAL ENGINEERING; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; COLOR; CONFERENCE PAPER; DRUG INDUSTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; ORGANIC MATTER PRODUCTION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; POWDER; SPECTROMETRY; VALIDATION PROCESS; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 0347269031     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2004.0892     Document Type: Conference Paper

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