Treatment of tannery wastewater through the combination of a conventional activated sludge process and reverse osmosis with a plane membrane

Desalination

Volumn 249, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 337-342

  De Gisi, Sabino ^a   Galasso, Maurizio ^b   De Feo, Giovanni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

^b Bierre Chimica Srl   (Italy)

Author keywords

Activated sludge; Reverse osmosis; Tannery wastewater; Wastewater reuse

Indexed keywords

A-PLANE; ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BIOLOGICAL PRE-TREATMENT; BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT; CONVENTIONAL ACTIVATED SLUDGES; HIGH CONCENTRATION; MEMBRANE SYSTEM; ORGANIC MATTER; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROCESS; PILOT-SCALE STUDY; PRE-TREATMENT; PRODUCTION CYCLE; PURIFICATION PROCESS; REFRACTORY ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; REUSE OF WASTEWATER; SOUTHERN ITALY; SULPHATES; TANNERY WASTEWATER; TREATMENT PROCESS; WASTEWATER REUSE;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; BIOACTIVITY; BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIOREMEDIATION; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COAGULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; REFRACTORY MATERIALS; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SULFUR; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER RECYCLING;

BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; MEMBRANE; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 71249152823     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2009.03.014     Document Type: Article

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