Fate and behaviour of copper and zinc in secondary biological wastewater treatment processes: I Evaluation of biomass adsorption capacity

Environmental Technology

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 705-723

  Crane, R S ^a   Barton, P ^b   Cartmell, E ^b   Coulon, F ^b   Hillis, P ^c   Judd, S J ^b   Santos, A ^b   Stephenson, T ^b   Lester, J N ^b  

^a Lower Ground Floor Haweswater House   (United Kingdom)

^b CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNITED UTILITIES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Activated sludge; Biomass; Copper; Membrane bioreactors; Percolating filters; Zinc

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; BIOACTIVITY; BIOCONVERSION; BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; BIOMASS; BIOREACTORS; CADMIUM; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHROMIUM; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); COPPER; EFFLUENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LEAD; MERCURY (METAL); METALS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; OXYGEN; SEWAGE; SEWAGE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER RECYCLING; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS; ZINC;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ADSORPTION CAPACITIES; AQUEOUS PHASE; BIOLOGICAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT; BIOLOGICAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT PROCESS; CHELATING ABILITY; CONVENTIONAL ACTIVATED SLUDGES; COPPER AND ZINC; COPPER-MEMBRANE; CURRENT SOURCES; MATRIX; MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; METAL SOLUBILITY; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATERS; RECEIVING WATERS; SEWAGE EFFLUENTS; SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS; SUSPENDED SOLIDS; TRICKLING FILTER;

CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT);

COPPER; ZINC;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BIOMASS; BIOREACTOR; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; COPPER; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; FILTER; MEMBRANE; SOLUBILITY; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT; ZINC;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ADSORPTION KINETICS; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BIOMASS; CHELATION; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFLUENT STANDARD; HEAVY METAL REMOVAL; HUMUS; INCUBATION TIME; MEMBRANE REACTOR; PHASE SEPARATION; SEWAGE EFFLUENT; SOLUBILITY; TRICKLING FILTER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 77952927173     PISSN: 09593330     EISSN: 1479487X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09593330.2010.481314     Document Type: Article

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