Evaluation and modeling of benzalkonium chloride inhibition and biodegradation in activated sludge

Water Research

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1238-1246

  Zhang, Chong ^a   Tezel, Ulas ^b   Li, Kexun ^a   Liu, Dongfang ^a   Ren, Rong ^a   Du, Jingxuan ^a   Pavlostathis, Spyros G ^b  

^a NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Activated sludge; Benzalkonium chloride; Biodegradation; Inhibition; Modeling

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; BIOMASS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; DEGRADATION; EFFLUENTS; ENZYME INHIBITION; GLUCOSE; MODELS; RATE CONSTANTS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ACTIVATED SLUDGE SYSTEMS; BENZALKONIUM CHLORIDE; BIODEGRADATION KINETICS; BIOMASS CONCENTRATIONS; COMPETITIVE INHIBITION; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUND; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT EFFLUENT;

BIODEGRADATION;

BENZALKONIUM CHLORIDE; GLUCOSE;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AMMONIUM; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIODEGRADATION; CHLORIDE; EFFLUENT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GLUCOSE; INHIBITION; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOMASS; BIOMASS PARTITIONING; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLID; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

EID: 78650528171     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2010.09.037     Document Type: Article

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