Micropollutants removal and operating strategies in ultrafiltration membrane systems for municipal wastewater treatment: Preliminary results

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 46, Issue 21, 2007, Pages 6716-6723

  Battistoni, Paolo ^a   Cola, Emanuela ^a   Fatone, Francesco ^b   Bolzonella, David ^b   Eusebi, Anna Laura ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); HEAVY METALS; OPTIMIZATION; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; ULTRAFILTRATION; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

MICROPOLLUTANTS REMOVAL; REMOVAL PERFORMANCES;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); HEAVY METALS; OPTIMIZATION; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; ULTRAFILTRATION; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

EID: 35548977102     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie070017r     Document Type: Conference Paper

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