Environmental optimization of continuous flow ozonation for urban wastewater reclamation

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 437, Issue , 2012, Pages 68-75

  Rodríguez, Antonio ^a,b   Muñoz, Iván ^c   Perdigón Melón, José A ^a   Carbajo, José B ^a   Martínez, María J ^d   Fernández Alba, Amadeo R ^b,d   García Calvo, Eloy ^a,b   Rosal, Roberto ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^b IMDEA WATER INSTITUTE   (Spain)

^c UNILEVER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Continuous ozonation; Emergent pollutants; Greenhouse gas emissions; Life cycle assessment; Spiked secondary effluent; Toxicity reduction

Indexed keywords

EMERGENT POLLUTANTS; GREENHOUSE-GAS EMISSIONS; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); SECONDARY EFFLUENT; TOXICITY REDUCTION;

AMIDES; ANTIBIOTICS; BUBBLE COLUMNS; EFFLUENTS; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSES; HERBICIDES; LIFE CYCLE; OZONE; OZONE WATER TREATMENT; OZONIZATION; RIVER POLLUTION; TOXICITY; UREA; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

AIR POLLUTION;

4 AMINOPHENAZONE; ATENOLOL; BEZAFIBRATE; CAFFEINE; CARBAMAZEPINE; DICLOFENAC; DIURON; ERYTHROMYCIN; GEMFIBROZIL; HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE; IBUPROFEN; N ACETYL 4 AMINOPHENAZONE; ORGANIC CARBON; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

EFFLUENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; GREENHOUSE GAS; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; OZONE; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; TOXICITY; TRADE-OFF; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EFFLUENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL RECLAMATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FLOW RATE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; OZONATION; OZONE DEPLETION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; STEADY STATE; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER FLOW; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING;

OZONE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84865308098     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.07.084     Document Type: Article

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