The BIOZO process - A biofilm system combined with ozonation: Occurrence of xenobiotic organic micro-pollutants in and removal of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and nitrogen from landfill leachate

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 61, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 3188-3197

  Plósz, Benedek Gy ^a,b   Vogelsang, Christian ^a   Macrae, Kenneth ^a   Heiaas, Harald H ^a   Lopez, Antonio ^c   Liltved, Helge ^a   Langford, Katherine H ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c WATER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biodegradation; Landfill leachate; Moving bed biofilm system; Ozonation; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Xenobiotic organic micro pollutants

Indexed keywords

LANDFILL LEACHATE; MICROPOLLUTANTS; MOVING-BED BIOFILM SYSTEM; OZONATION; POLYCYCLIC AROMATICS;

AROMATIZATION; BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING; BIODEGRADATION; BIOFILMS; BIOFILTERS; DEGRADATION; LEACHATE TREATMENT; LEACHING; MICROBIOLOGY; NITROGEN; NITROGEN REMOVAL; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; OZONE; OZONIZATION; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; REFUSE DISPOSAL;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

ACENAPHTHENE DERIVATIVE; ANTHRACENE; ANTHRAQUINONE; BENZOPHENONE; NITROGEN; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; XENOBIOTIC AGENT; MUTAGENIC AGENT; OZONE;

BIODEGRADATION; BIOFILM; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; LABORATORY METHOD; LANDFILL; LEACHATE; NITRATE; NITRIFYING BACTERIUM; OZONE; PAH; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SLUDGE; WASTE TREATMENT; XENOBIOTICS;

ARTICLE; AUTOTROPH; BACTERIUM; BIOFILM OZONATION SYSTEM; BIOFILM REACTOR; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); LABORATORY; LANDFILL LEACHATE; LEACHING; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; ORGANIC POLLUTION; OZONATION; POLLUTANT; SLUDGE TREATMENT; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; STAGED MOVING BED BIOFILM REACTOR; TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; XENOBIOTIC ORGANIC MICROPOLLUTANT; BIOFILM; BIOREACTOR; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PILOT STUDY; WATER POLLUTANT;

BIOFILMS; BIOREACTORS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MUTAGENS; NITROGEN; OZONE; PILOT PROJECTS; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 77956623177     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2010.920     Document Type: Article

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