Evaluation of the removal of pollutants from petrochemical wastewater using a membrane bioreactor treatment plant

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 197, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 349-359

  Llop, Anna ^a   Pocurull, Eva ^a   Borrull, Francesc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

Author keywords

GC MS; Industrial reuse; Membrane bioreactor; Organic pollutants; Petrochemical wastewater; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

ALKYL BENZENES; CHEMICAL OXYGEN; GC-MS; HIGH CONDUCTIVITY; INDUSTRIAL REUSE; MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; PETROCHEMICAL WASTEWATER; RETENTION TIME (RT); SLUDGE TREATMENT; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION (SPE);

BENZENE; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIOCONVERSION; BIOREACTORS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMICAL PLANTS; CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; EFFLUENTS; ESTERS; EXTRACTION; FIRE HAZARDS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROCARBONS; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS; INDUSTRIAL WATER TREATMENT; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OLEFINS; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; OXYGEN; PETROCHEMICALS; PHENOLS; REVERSE OSMOSIS; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WATER RECYCLING; WATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

BIOREACTOR; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; MEMBRANE; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; OSMOSIS; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; RECYCLING; RETENTION; WASTEWATER;

EID: 58549089174     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-008-9816-7     Document Type: Article

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