Comparison of different wastewater treatments for removal of selected endocrine-disruptors from paper mill wastewaters

Journal of Environmental Science and Health - Part A Toxic/Hazardous Substances and Environmental Engineering

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1350-1363

  Balabanič, Damjan ^a,b   Hermosilla, Daphne ^c   Merayo, Noemí ^c   Klemeničič, Aleksandra Krivograd ^d   Blanco, Ángeles ^c  

^a Pulp and Paper Institute Ljubljana   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOVA GORICA   (Slovenia)

^c UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Advanced oxidation processes; anaerobic and aerobic biological treatment; endocrine disruptors; membrane filtration; paper mill wastewaters

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED OXIDATION PROCESSES; AEROBIC BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT; ENDOCRINE-DISRUPTORS; MEMBRANE FILTRATIONS; PAPER MILL WASTEWATER;

BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING; CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; MICROFILTRATION; OXIDATION RESISTANCE; OZONE; OZONE WATER TREATMENT; OZONIZATION; PHENOLS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PILOT PLANTS; ULTRAFILTRATION;

ESTERS;

4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; NONYLPHENOL; PHTHALIC ACID BENZYL BUTYL ESTER; PHTHALIC ACID BIS(2 ETHYLHEXYL) ESTER; PHTHALIC ACID DIBUTYL ESTER; PHTHALIC ACID DIETHYL ESTER; PHTHALIC ACID DIMETHYL ESTER; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FENTON REACTION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; OZONATION; PAPER INDUSTRY; PHOTOCATALYSIS; REVERSE OSMOSIS; ULTRAFILTRATION; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

BIOLOGICAL OXYGEN DEMAND ANALYSIS; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OZONE; PAPER; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; TITANIUM; ULTRAFILTRATION; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84861448688     PISSN: 10934529     EISSN: 15324117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10934529.2012.672301     Document Type: Article

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