Effect of a static magnetic field on formaldehyde biodegradation in wastewater by activated sludge

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 102, Issue 19, 2011, Pages 8777-8782

  Łebkowska, Maria ^a   Rutkowska Narozniak, Anna ^a   Pajor, Elzbieta ^a   Pochanke, Zbigniew ^a  

^a WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Biodegradation; Formaldehyde; Static magnetic field

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BIOMASS GROWTH; BIOTIC INDEX; CONTROL SAMPLES; DAPHNIA MAGNA; DEGRADATION PROCESS; DEHYDROGENASE ACTIVITY; ECOTOXICITY; POSITIVE EFFECTS; RAW WASTEWATERS; STATIC MAGNETIC FIELDS; SYNTHETIC WASTE WATER; WASTEWATER BIODEGRADATION;

CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DEGRADATION; EFFLUENTS; FORMALDEHYDE; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MICROBIOLOGY; WASTEWATER;

BIODEGRADATION;

FORMALDEHYDE; OXIDOREDUCTASE;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOMASS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CRUSTACEAN; ECOTOXICOLOGY; EFFLUENT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FORMALDEHYDE; MAGNETIC FIELD; WASTEWATER;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOMASS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DAPHNIA; MAGNETIC FIELD; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; DAPHNIA; FORMALDEHYDE; MAGNETIC FIELDS; SEWAGE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

DAPHNIA MAGNA;

EID: 80052349971     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2011.07.040     Document Type: Article

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