Change of PCBs and forms of heavy metals in sewage sludge during thermophilic anaerobic digestion

Chemosphere

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 168-173

  Dabrowska, Lidia ^a   Rosińska, Agata ^a  

^a CZESTOCHOWA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Heavy metals; PCB; Sludge; Speciation; Thermophilic digestion

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; HEAVY METALS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SEWAGE SLUDGE; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

CARBONATE FRACTION; CHEMICAL FRACTIONS; CHROMIUM CONCENTRATION; RESIDUAL FRACTION; SLUDGE; SPECIATION; THERMOPHILIC ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; THERMOPHILIC DIGESTION;

SLUDGE DIGESTION;

CADMIUM; CARBON; CHROMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; NICKEL; ORGANIC COMPOUND; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; SULFIDE; ZINC;

CARBONATE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HEAVY METAL; PCB; SEWAGE; SLUDGE; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY);

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); MICROORGANISM; MOLECULAR STABILITY; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; SLUDGE;

EID: 84860240640     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2012.02.073     Document Type: Article

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