Phenol removal efficiencies of sewage treatment processes and ecological risks associated with phenols in effluents

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 217-218, Issue , 2012, Pages 286-292

  Zhong, Wenjue ^a,b   Wang, Donghong ^a   Xu, Xiaowei ^a  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ecological risk; Phenols; Removal efficiency; Sewage treatment process

Indexed keywords

2 ,4 ,6-TRICHLOROPHENOL; 2-CHLOROPHENOLS; ANALYTICAL PROCEDURE; ECOLOGICAL RISKS; EFFICIENCY LEVELS; HUMAN HEALTH; OZONE OXIDATION; PHENOL REMOVAL; RECEIVING WATERS; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; RETENTION TIME; SEWAGE TREATMENT PROCESS; SEWAGE WATER;

ECOLOGY; HEALTH RISKS; MICROFILTRATION; OZONE; REMOVAL; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL;

PHENOLS;

2 CHLOROPHENOL; 2 HYDROXYBIPHENYL; 2 NAPHTHOL; 2 NITROPHENOL; 2,4 DICHLOROPHENOL; 2,4,5 TRICHLOROPHENOL; 2,4,6 TRICHLOROPHENOL; 2,5 DICHLOROPHENOL; 2,6 DICHLOROPHENOL; 4 CHLOROPHENOL; 4 NITROPHENOL; BITHIONOL; CATECHOL; CHLOROCRESOL; CHLOROXYLENOL; DICHLOROPHEN; DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; DINOSEB; HEXACHLOROPHENE; HYDROQUINONE; META CRESOL; PARA CRESOL; PENTACHLOROPHENOL; PHENOL; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PROPOFOL; RESORCINOL; TETRACHLOROHYDROQUINONE; THYMOL;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; CHLORINATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; FILTRATION; HEALTH RISK; OXIC CONDITIONS; OXIDATION; OZONE; PHENOL; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; POLLUTANT SOURCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER POLLUTION; SEWAGE TREATMENT; WASTE FACILITY;

ARTICLE; CHLORINATION; HUMAN; MICROFILTRATION; OXIDATION; SEWAGE; SEWAGE EFFLUENT; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL;

ECOLOGY; PHENOLS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEWAGE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84859824584     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: 18733336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2012.03.026     Document Type: Article

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