Fate of surfactants in membrane bioreactors and conventional activated sludge plants

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 21, 2010, Pages 8223-8229

  Gori, Riccardo ^a   Cammilli, Laura ^a,c   Petrovic, Mira ^b,d   Gonzalez, Susana ^b   Barcelò, Damià ^b,e   Lubello, Claudio ^a   Malpei, Francesca ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND WATER RESEARCH   (Spain)

^c POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^d INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

^e CATALAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH ICRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVENTIONAL ACTIVATED SLUDGES; LINEAR ALKYLBENZENE SULFONATES; MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; NONYLPHENOL ETHOXYLATES; NONYLPHENOLS; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; SLUDGE RETENTION TIME;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREACTORS; CARBOXYLATION; DEGRADATION; PHENOLS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

REMOVAL;

ALKYLBENZENESULFONIC ACID; NONYLPHENOL; NONYLPHENOL ETHOXYLATE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; SURFACTANT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREACTOR; MEMBRANE; PHENOLIC COMPOUND; SURFACTANT; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; MEMBRANE REACTOR; NONHUMAN; PLANT; SLUDGE; SLUDGE DISPOSAL; SLUDGE TREATMENT;

BIOREACTORS; SEWAGE; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 78549265225     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es101515x     Document Type: Article

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