Membrane bioreactor process for removing selected antibiotics from wastewater at different solids retention times

Fresenius Environmental Bulletin

Volumn 20, Issue 3 A, 2011, Pages 754-763

  Jia, Renyong ^a   Jing, Danfeng ^a   Li, Haixiang ^a   Xie, Kang ^a   Huang, Tieshi ^b   Zhang, Zhiqiang ^a   Xu, Xiaotian ^a   Xia, Siqing ^a  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b University of Hawaii at Manoa   (United States)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Antibiotics; Biodegradation; Membrane bioreactor; Solids retention time

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATION; ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ADSORPTION; ANTIBIOTICS; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREACTOR; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MEMBRANE; RETENTION; WASTEWATER;

EID: 79955458962     PISSN: 10184619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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