Impact of solid retention time and nitrification capacity on the ability of activated sludge to remove pharmaceuticals

Environmental Technology

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 865-872

  Fals, P ^a   Andersen, H R ^b   Ledin, A ^b   La Cour Jansen, J ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

activated sludge; nitrification; pharmaceuticals; solid retention time

Indexed keywords

DENITRIFICATION; DRUG PRODUCTS; NITRIFICATION; OXIDATION;

ACIDIC PHARMACEUTICALS; ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AEROBIC SLUDGE; ALLYLTHIOUREA; BATCH EXPERIMENTS; CLOFIBRIC ACID; DICLOFENAC; HETEROTROPHIC BACTERIAS; HIGH RATE; KETOPROFEN; MONOOXYGENASES; MUNICIPAL ACTIVATED SLUDGE; NAPROXENS; NO REMOVAL; REMOVAL RATE; SLUDGE AGE; SOLID RETENTION TIME;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS;

CLOFIBRIC ACID; DICLOFENAC; IBUPROFEN; KETOPROFEN; NAPROXEN; THIOUREA;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIODEGRADATION; DRUG; HETEROTROPHY; INHIBITOR; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NITRIFICATION; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SEWAGE TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BATCH REACTOR; NITRIFICATION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PH; SOLID RETENTION TIME; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

EID: 84860455153     PISSN: 09593330     EISSN: 1479487X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09593330.2011.601764     Document Type: Article

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