Effectiveness of the use of Ag, Cu and PAA to disinfect municipal wastewater

Environmental Technology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 129-139

  Luna Pabello, V M ^a   Ríos, M Miranda ^a   Jimenez B ^a   Orta De Velasquez, M T ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Copper; Pathogen microorganisms; Peracetic acid; Silver; Wastewater disinfection

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; COPPER; COPPER ALLOYS; DISINFECTANTS; DISINFECTION; EFFLUENTS; SILVER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; FAECAL COLIFORMS; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATERS; OPTIMAL CONCENTRATION; OPTIMAL VALUES; PERACETIC ACIDS; RAW WASTEWATERS; WASTEWATER DISINFECTION;

SILVER ALLOYS;

ACETIC ACID; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); COPPER COMPOUNDS; DISINFECTION; PATHOGENS; SILVER COMPOUNDS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); COPPER; DISINFECTION; FECAL COLIFORM; SILVER; WASTEWATER;

VERMES;

EID: 60749093938     PISSN: 09593330     EISSN: 1479487X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09593330802422506     Document Type: Article

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