Effect of micropollutants (organic xenobiotics and heavy metals) on the activated sludge process

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 46, Issue 21, 2007, Pages 6762-6769

  Dionisi, Davide ^a   Levantesi, Caterina ^b   Majone, Mauro ^a   Bornoroni, Lorena ^a   De Sanctis, Marco ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b WATER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; AMMONIA; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; HEAVY METALS; MEASUREMENT THEORY; MICROORGANISMS; NITRIFICATION;

MICROPOLLUTANTS; NITRIFYING MICROORGANISMS; SEPARATE NITRIFICATION;

BATCH REACTORS;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; AMMONIA; BATCH REACTORS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; HEAVY METALS; MEASUREMENT THEORY; MICROORGANISMS; NITRIFICATION;

EID: 35548947219     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie061688c     Document Type: Conference Paper

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