Reducing the natural color of membrane bioreactor permeate with activated carbon or ozone

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 155-165

  Abegglen, Christian ^a   Joss, Adriano ^b   Boehler, Marc ^b   Buetzer, Simone ^b   Siegrist, Hansruedi ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

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

Author keywords

Color removal; Decentralized wastewater treatment; Membrane bioreactor (MBR); Ozonation; Powdered activated carbon; Water recycling

Indexed keywords

COLOR REMOVAL; DECENTRALIZED WASTEWATER; MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; OZONATION; POWDERED ACTIVATED CARBON;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ACTIVATED CARBON TREATMENT; BIOCONVERSION; BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; BIOREACTORS; COLOR; COLOR REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); DEWATERING; OZONE; OZONE WATER TREATMENT; OZONIZATION; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

WATER RECYCLING;

ACTIVATED CARBON; CHLORINE; COLORING AGENT; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; OZONE; CHARCOAL;

ACTIVATED CARBON; BIOREACTOR; COLOR; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GRANULAR MEDIUM; MEMBRANE; OZONE; RECYCLING; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; ENZYME MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; FIELD EXPERIMENT; GARDENING; OXIDATION; OZONATION; SWITZERLAND; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER RECYCLING; WATER QUALITY; BIOREACTOR; CHEMISTRY; METHODOLOGY; SEWAGE;

BIOREACTORS; CHARCOAL; OZONE; SWITZERLAND; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

EID: 70349243310     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2009.331     Document Type: Article

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