Wet air oxidation (WAO) as a precursor to biological treatment of substituted phenols: Refractory nature of the WAO intermediates

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 144, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 205-212

  Suárez Ojeda, M Eugenia ^a,b   Carrera, Julián ^b   Metcalfe, Ian S ^c   Font, Josep ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biodegradability; Substituted phenols; Wet air oxidation

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; NONMETALS; ORGANIC POLYMERS; OXIDATION; OXYGEN; PHENOLS; WATER TREATMENT;

2-CHLOROPHENOL; BIODEGRADABILITY; BIOLOGICAL TREATMENTS; H IGH CONCENTRATIONS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE WATERS; O-CRESOL; OXYGEN PARTIAL PRESSURE; SEMI-BATCH; SUBSTITUTED PHENOLS; WET AIR OXIDATION;

CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT);

EID: 52149083221     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2008.01.022     Document Type: Article

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