Removal of trace organic contaminants by a membrane bioreactor-granular activated carbon (MBR-GAC) system

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 113, Issue , 2012, Pages 169-173

  Nguyen, Luong N ^a   Hai, Faisal I ^a   Kang, Jinguo ^a   Price, William E ^a   Nghiem, Long D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Granular activated carbon (GAC); Membrane bioreactor (MBR); Trace organics; Water recycling

Indexed keywords

BED VOLUME; BIOLOGICAL DEGRADATION; CARBAMAZEPINE; DICLOFENAC; GRANULAR ACTIVATED CARBONS; INTEGRATED SYSTEMS; MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; PERSISTENT COMPOUNDS; POST-TREATMENT PROCESS; TRACE ORGANIC CONTAMINANTS; TRACE ORGANICS;

ADSORPTION; AMIDES; BIOREACTORS; HYDROPHILICITY; WATER RECYCLING;

GRANULAR MATERIALS;

4 NONYLPHENOL; 4 TERT BUTYLPHENOL; 4 TERT OCTYLPHENOL; 4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; ACTIVATED CARBON; CARBAMAZEPINE; DICLOFENAC; ESTRADIOL; ESTRADIOL ACETATE; ESTRIOL; ESTRONE; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; FENOPROP; GEMFIBROZIL; GRANULAR ACTIVATED CARBON; IBUPROFEN; KETOPROFEN; METRONIDAZOLE; NAPROXEN; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PARACETAMOL; PENTACHLOROPHENOL; PRIMIDONE; SALICYLIC ACID; TRACE ELEMENT; TRICLOSAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREACTOR; HYDROPHOBICITY; MEMBRANE; MONITORING; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; POLLUTANT REMOVAL;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EFFLUENT; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; MEMBRANE REACTOR; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TURBIDITY; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

BIOREACTORS; CARBON; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; ORGANIC CHEMICALS;

EID: 84860257523     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2011.10.051     Document Type: Article

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