Role of high molecular mass organics in colour formation during biological treatment of pulp and paper wastewater

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 191-198

  Milestone, C B ^a   Stuthridge, T R ^b   Fulthorpe, R R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b SCION   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Aerated stabilisation basins; Anaerobic; Bleaching; Colour; Colour formation; High molecular mass

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADABILITY; BLEACHING; COLORING; PAPER AND PULP INDUSTRY; REDUCTION;

AERATED STABILISATION BASINS; COLOUR FORMATION; EFFLUENT ORGANIC CONSTITUENTS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

HUMIC ACID; OXYGEN;

BIODEGRADABILITY; BLEACHING; COLORING; PAPER AND PULP INDUSTRY; REDUCTION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

BIOLOGICAL METHOD; BLEACHING; EFFLUENT; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; PULP AND PAPER INDUSTRY; REMOVAL EXPERIMENT; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

AERATION; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIODEGRADABILITY; BIODEGRADATION; CHROMATOPHORE; COLOR; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EFFLUENT; ELECTRON; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PAPER INDUSTRY; POLYMERIZATION; PULP MILL; ULTRAFILTRATION; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

ANOXIA; BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOREACTORS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; COLOR; HUMIC SUBSTANCES; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PAPER; SEWAGE; ULTRAFILTRATION; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS; WOOD;

BIODEGRADABILITY; BLEACHING; COLORING; DECREMENTS; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; PAPER INDUSTRY; PULP INDUSTRY;

EID: 34247504109     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2007.228     Document Type: Conference Paper

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