Comparison of sulfonated and other micropollutants removal in membrane bioreactor and conventional wastewater treatment

Water Research

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 935-945

  De Wever, Heleen ^a   Weiss, Stefan ^b   Reemtsma, Thorsten ^b   Vereecken, Johan ^a   Müller, Jutta ^c   Knepper, Thomas ^c   Rörden, Ocke ^d   Gonzalez, Susana ^e   Barcelo, Damia ^e   Dolores Hernando, Maria ^e,f  

^a FLEMISH INSTITUTE FOR TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH VITO   (Belgium)

^b TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c FRESENIUS UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

^d Assoc of the Waterworks Rhine River   (Germany)

^e CSIC   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Domestic wastewater; Membrane bioreactors; Polar micropollutants; Trace organics

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DEGRADATION; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

DOMESTIC WASTEWATER; MEMBRANE BIOREACTORS (MBR); POLAR MICROPOLLUTANTS; TRACE ORGANICS;

BIOREACTORS;

DICLOFENAC; EDETIC ACID; SULFONIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; BIOREACTORS; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DEGRADATION; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BIOREACTOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEGRADATION; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SULFONATE; WASTEWATER;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADABILITY; BIOREACTOR; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DEGRADATION KINETICS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SULFONATION; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 33846376779     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2006.11.013     Document Type: Article

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