The removal and degradation of pharmaceutical compounds during membrane bioreactor treatment

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 833-839

  Schroder H Fr ^a   Tambosi, J L ^a,b   Sena, R F ^a,b   Moreira, R F P M ^b   Jose H J ^b   Pinnekamp, J ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; High resolution mass spectrometry (HRMS); Membrane bioreactor (MBR); Non steroidal anti inflammatory drugs (NSAID); Transformation products; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL TRANSFORMATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; HIGH RESOLUTION MASS SPECTROMETRY; HIGHER EFFICIENCY; KETOPROFEN; MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR (MBR); MINERALISATION; NAPROXENS; NON-STEROIDAL ANTI-INFLAMMATORY DRUGS; PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOUNDS; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; REMOVAL RATE; ROXITHROMYCIN; SLUDGE RETENTION; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TRANSFORMATION PRODUCTS; TRIMETHOPRIM; WASTEWATER TREATMENT TECHNOLOGIES;

BIOREACTORS; EFFLUENTS; GROUNDWATER; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ANTIBIOTICS;

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; DRINKING WATER; GROUND WATER; KETOPROFEN; NAPROXEN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL; ROXITHROMYCIN; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; SURFACE WATER; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ANTIBIOTICS; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREACTOR; EFFLUENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEMBRANE; MINERALIZATION; PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; RESOLUTION; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SLUDGE; TRANSFORMATION;

ARTICLE; DRUG DEGRADATION; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG TRANSFORMATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; MEMBRANE REACTOR; ORGANISM COMMUNITY; PARAMETERS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEWAGE EFFLUENT; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT; SLUDGE RETENTION TIME; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOREACTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; SEWAGE;

EID: 84857852385     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2012.828     Document Type: Article

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