Removal of endocrine disruptors and cytostatics from effluent by nanofiltration in combination with adsorption on powdered activated carbon

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 58, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1699-1706

  Kazner, C ^a   Lehnberg, K ^b   Kovalova, L ^c   Wintgens, T ^a   Melin, T ^a   Hollender, J ^c   Dott, W ^b  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^c SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cytostatics; Endocrine disruptors; Nanofiltration; PAC NF; Powdered activated carbon

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; COKE; CYTOSTATIC AGENT; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; LIGNITE;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; DUST; EFFLUENT; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; NANOFILTRATION; RECYCLING; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER QUALITY;

ADSORPTION; CARBON; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; FILTRATION; POWDERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 57149115772     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2008.542     Document Type: Article

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