Calculation methods to perform mass balance of endocrine disrupting compounds in a submerged membrane bioreactor: Fate and distribution of estrogens during the biological treatment

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 64, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2158-2168

  Estrada Arriaga, E B ^a   Mijaylova, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO MEXICANO DE TECNOLOGÍA DEL AGUA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Biodegradation; Estrogens; Submerged membrane bioreactor

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AQUEOUS PHASE; BIODEGRADATION PROCESS; BIOLOGICAL FLOC; BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT; CALCULATION METHODS; DISTRIBUTION COEFFICIENT; DRY WEIGHT; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTING COMPOUND; ESTROGENS; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; HIGH POTENTIAL; LABORATORY SCALE; MASS BALANCE; MASS-BALANCE CALCULATIONS; MEASURED DATA; OPERATIONAL CONDITIONS; REMOVAL MECHANISM; SOLID PHASIS; SUBMERGED MEMBRANE BIOREACTORS;

ADSORPTION; BIODEGRADATION; BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; DEGRADATION; MICROBIOLOGY; WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS;

BIOREACTORS;

ESTRADIOL; ESTRONE; ETHINYLESTRADIOL;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ADSORPTION; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREACTOR; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; MASS BALANCE; MEMBRANE; POLLUTANT REMOVAL;

ADSORPTION; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; DEGRADATION KINETICS; DRY WEIGHT; LIQUID; MASS; MEMBRANE REACTOR; SLUDGE; SOLID; SUBMERGED MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR;

BIOREACTORS; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ESTROGENS; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84055193907     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2011.799     Document Type: Article

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