Post-treatment of a submerged anaerobic membrane bioreactor (SAMBR) saline effluent using powdered activated carbon (PAC)

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 177, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 836-841

  Vyrides, I ^a,b   Conteras, P A ^a   Stuckey, D C ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anaerobic membrane reactor; Post treatment; Powdered activated carbon; Saline sewage

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION PROCESS; AFTER-TREATMENT; ANAEROBIC MEMBRANE; ANAEROBIC MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; FREUNDLICH ISOTHERM; GC-MS ANALYSIS; POST TREATMENT; POST-TREATMENT METHOD; POWDERED ACTIVATED CARBON; SALINE EFFLUENTS; SALINE WASTEWATER; TRIMETHYL;

ACTIVATED CARBON TREATMENT; ADSORPTION; BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; BIOREACTORS; DISSOLUTION; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; EFFLUENTS; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; ORGANIC CARBON; SEWAGE; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SIZE EXCLUSION CHROMATOGRAPHY; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED CARBON;

3 AMINOPHENYLACETYLENE; 5ALPHA CHOLESTAN 3 ONE; ACTIVATED CARBON; CYCLOHEXANE; CYCLOHEXANE 1,2,4 TRIMETHYL; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; PHENYLACETYLENE; POWDERED ACTIVATED CARBON; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIOREACTOR; CHROMATOGRAPHY; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; EFFLUENT; ISOTHERM; MEMBRANE; SEWAGE; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOMASS; BIOREACTOR; DEGRADATION KINETICS; EFFLUENT; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; HEAVY METAL REMOVAL; ISOTHERM; LIQUID LIQUID EXTRACTION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SUBMERGED ANAEROBIC MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; ULTRAFILTRATION; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ACETYLENE; ADSORPTION; ANAEROBIOSIS; BIOREACTORS; CHARCOAL; CHOLESTANONES; CYCLOHEXANES; SODIUM CHLORIDE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 77949571232     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2009.12.109     Document Type: Article

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