Biodegradability of pharmaceutical industrial wastewater and formation of recalcitrant organic compounds during aerobic biological treatment

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 101, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 2585-2591

  Mascolo, G ^a   Balest, L ^a   Cassano, D ^a   Laera, G ^a   Lopez, A ^a   Pollice, A ^a   Salerno, C ^a  

^a WATER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biodegradability; Industrial wastewater; Pharmaceuticals; Recalcitrant compounds; Zahn Wellens test

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT; BIODEGRADABLE COMPOUNDS; HIGH CONCENTRATION; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATERS; NALIDIXIC ACID; NAPROXENS; ORGANIC MATRIX; PARENT COMPOUNDS; RECALCITRANT COMPOUNDS; SYNTHETIC SOLUTIONS; TARGET COMPOUND; WASTEWATER COMPOSITION; WASTEWATER SAMPLES; ZAHN-WELLENS TEST;

BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIODEGRADATION; DRUG PRODUCTS; INDUSTRIAL WATER TREATMENT; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; TESTING; VIRUSES; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT;

ACICLOVIR; NALIDIXIC ACID; NAPROXEN; NITROGEN; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PHOSPHORUS;

BIODEGRADATION; DRUG; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; OXIC CONDITIONS; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADABILITY; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG INDUSTRY; DRUG STRUCTURE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER ANALYSIS;

ACYCLOVIR; BACTERIA, AEROBIC; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOREACTORS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; DRUG RESIDUES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NALIDIXIC ACID; NAPROXEN; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 73749086982     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2009.10.057     Document Type: Article

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