Removal of pharmaceuticals in biologically treated wastewater by chlorine dioxide or peracetic acid

Environmental Technology

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1041-1047

  Hey, G ^a   Ledin, A ^b   Jansen, J La Cour ^a   Andersen, H R ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Chlorine dioxide; Peracetic acid; Pharmaceuticals; Wastewater effluent

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DENITRIFICATION; DRUG PRODUCTS; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; NITRIFICATION; OXIDATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ACTIVE PHARMACEUTICAL INGREDIENTS; AFTER-TREATMENT; CHEMICAL OXIDANTS; CHEMICAL OXIDATION; CHLORINE DIOXIDES; CLOFIBRIC ACID; DICLOFENAC; FINAL EFFLUENTS; GEMFIBROZILS; INITIAL CONCENTRATION; MEFENAMIC ACID; MOVING-BED BIOFILM REACTOR; NAPROXENS; NON-STEROIDAL ANTI-INFLAMMATORY DRUGS; PERACETIC ACIDS; TARGET SUBSTANCES; TERTIARY TREATMENT; TREATED WASTEWATER; TRICKLING FILTER; WASTEWATER EFFLUENTS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

EFFLUENTS;

CHLORINE DIOXIDE; CLOFIBRIC ACID; DICLOFENAC; GEMFIBROZIL; IBUPROFEN; MEFENAMIC ACID; NAPROXEN; NITROGEN; PERACETIC ACID;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BIOFILM; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DRUG; EFFLUENT; NITRIFICATION; ORGANIC ACID; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; BIOFILM REACTOR; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENITRIFICATION; EFFLUENT; NITRIFICATION; OXIDATION; TRICKLING FILTER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

EID: 84860764221     PISSN: 09593330     EISSN: 1479487X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09593330.2011.606282     Document Type: Article

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