Cork industry wastewater partition by ultra/nanofiltration: A biodegradation and valorisation study

Water Research

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 904-912

  Bernardo, Marisa ^a   Santos, Ana ^a   Cantinho, Paula ^a   Minhalma, Miguel ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^b ICEMS   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Biodegradability index; Cork wastewater partition; Nanofiltration; Ultrafiltration

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIODEGRADABILITY; BIODEGRADATION; BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; FLAVONOIDS; NANOFILTRATION; NANOFILTRATION MEMBRANES; ORGANIC CARBON; OXYGEN; TANNINS; TOXICITY; ULTRAFILTRATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER FILTRATION;

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMANDS (BOD); BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT; CORK WASTEWATER; MEMBRANE SEPARATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT CUTOFF; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT);

ORGANIC MATTER; PHENOL; TANNIN;

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIODEGRADATION; FILTRATION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PHENOLIC COMPOUND; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIODEGRADATION; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; COLOR; CONDUCTANCE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NANOFILTRATION; PH; POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENTATION; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; ULTRAFILTRATION; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 78650420482     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2010.09.027     Document Type: Article

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