Fate of alkylphenolic compounds during activated sludge treatment: Impact of loading and organic composition

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 248-254

  McAdam, Ewan J ^a   Bagnall, John P ^a   Soares, Ana ^a   Koh, Yoong K K ^b   Chiu, Tze Y ^c   Scrimshaw, Mark D ^d   Lester, John N ^a   Cartmell, Elise ^a  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Public Utilities Board Singapore   (Singapore)

^c AECOM   (United Kingdom)

^d BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PLANTS; ACTIVATED SLUDGE TREATMENT; ALKYL PHENOLS; ALKYLPHENOLIC COMPOUNDS; AMMONIA OXIDIZING BACTERIA; AMPHIPHILICS; BIODEGRADATION EFFICIENCY; BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT PROCESS; BIOMASS ACTIVITY; HIGH RATE; INHIBITING EFFECT; LOADING CONDITION; LONG CHAINS; MASS BALANCE; MICROPOLLUTANTS; NITRIFICATION/DENITRIFICATION; NONYLPHENOL ETHOXYLATES; NONYLPHENOLS; ORGANIC COMPOSITIONS; ORGANIC MATTER; POLYETHOXYLATES; PROCESS COMPLEXITY; SECONDARY EFFLUENT; SUSTAINABLE SOLUTION;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ASTATINE; BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING; BIOREMEDIATION; CARBOXYLATION; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DEGRADATION; EFFLUENTS; LOADING; MICROBIOLOGY; OXYGEN; PHENOLS; SEWAGE;

BIODEGRADATION;

ACID; ALKYLPHENOL; AMMONIA; AMPHOPHILE; CARBOXYLIC ACID; FAT; NONYLPHENOL; ORGANIC MATTER; POLYSACCHARIDE; PROTEIN;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AMMONIA; BACTERIUM; BIODEGRADATION; BIOMASS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DENITRIFICATION; ORGANIC MATTER; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PHENOLIC COMPOUND; SURFACTANT; WASTE TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOMASS; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DENITRIFICATION; LIPOPHILICITY; NITRIFICATION; POLLUTANT; SEWAGE EFFLUENT; SLUDGE TREATMENT; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOLOGICAL OXYGEN DEMAND ANALYSIS; BIOTRANSFORMATION; DENITRIFICATION; NITRIFICATION; PHENOL; SEWAGE; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

NITROSOMONADALES;

EID: 78650699841     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es100915j     Document Type: Article

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