Simulation of DEHP biodegradation and sorption during the anaerobic digestion of secondary sludge

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 119-128

  Fountoulakis, M S ^a   Stamatelatou, K ^a   Batstone, Damien J ^c   Lyberatos, G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING SCIENCES   (Greece)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

ADM1; Biodegradation; Biosorption; CSTR; DEHP; Secondary sludge

Indexed keywords

BATCH KINETIC EXPERIMENTS; BIOSORPTION; CONTINUOUS STIRRED TANK REACTOR (CSTR); DYNAMIC TRANSITIONS; SECONDARY SLUDGE;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREACTORS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEWAGE SLUDGE; SORPTION;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

PHTHALIC ACID BIS(2 ETHYLHEXYL) ESTER;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREACTORS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEWAGE SLUDGE; SORPTION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIODEGRADATION; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; SORPTION; WASTE TREATMENT;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ARTICLE; BATCH PROCESS; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIODEGRADATION; BIOSOLID; CONTINUOUS STIRRED TANK REACTOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESORPTION; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; HYDROPHOBICITY; LIQUID; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PHASE TRANSITION; PREDICTION; SIMULATION; SLUDGE DIGESTION; SOLID; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

ANAEROBIOSIS; DIETHYLHEXYL PHTHALATE; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SEWAGE; WATER POLLUTANTS;

EID: 33749586490     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2006.533     Document Type: Article

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