Assessment of the importance of sorption for steroid estrogens removal during activated sludge treatment

Chemosphere

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 139-146

  Andersen, Henrik Rasmus ^a   Hansen, Martin ^a   Kjølholt, Jesper ^b   Stuer Lauridsen, Frank ^b   Ternes, Thomas ^c   Halling Sørensen, Bent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b COWI Consult ^*  (Denmark)

^c FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF HYDROLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Distribution coefficient; Sewage treatment; Sludge; Sorption; Steroid estrogens

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; SEWAGE SLUDGE; SEWAGE TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE TREATMENT; DISTRIBUTION COEFFICIENT; ESTRONE; STEROID ESTROGENS;

SORPTION;

ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; ESTRONE; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; STEROID;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; SORPTION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BATCH PROCESS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); MATHEMATICAL MODEL; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SLUDGE TREATMENT;

EID: 24644508311     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2005.02.088     Document Type: Article

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