Proposal for a screening test to evaluate the fate of organic micropollutants in activated sludge

Environmental Technology

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 653-661

  Salvetti, Roberta ^a   Vismara, Renato ^a   Dal Ben, Ilaria ^a   Gorla, Elena ^a   Romele, Laura ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

activated sludge; fate; organic micropollutants; screening batch test

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; BENZENE; BIODEGRADATION; CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHENOLS; TANKS (CONTAINERS); TESTING; TOLUENE; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BATCH TESTS; DESIGN PROCESS; EMISSION STANDARD; FATE; MODEL RESULTS; ORGANIC MICROPOLLUTANTS; REMOVAL PROCESS; SCREENING TESTS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS;

BENZENE; BENZ[A]ANTHRACENE; PHENOL; TOLUENE;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIODEGRADATION; CALIBRATION; CARCINOGEN; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; TOLUENE; VOLATILIZATION; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOMASS; SCREENING TEST; VOLATILIZATION; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER POLLUTANT;

EID: 79958822288     PISSN: 09593330     EISSN: 1479487X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09593330.2010.509869     Document Type: Article

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