Review on the fate of emerging contaminants during sludge anaerobic digestion

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 121, Issue , 2012, Pages 432-440

  Stasinakis, Athanasios S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

^b SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Anaerobic digestion; Fate; Mesophilic; Micropollutants; Occurrence

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC DIGESTER; BENZOTHIAZOLES; BENZOTRIAZOLES; BIOTRANSFORMATION PROCESS; BROMINATED FLAME RETARDANTS; EMERGING CONTAMINANT; FATE; LINEAR ALKYLBENZENE SULPHONATES; LITERATURE REVIEWS; MESOPHILIC; MICROPOLLUTANTS; NONYLPHENOL ETHOXYLATES; OCCURRENCE; OPERATIONAL PARAMETERS; ORGANOTINS; PERFLUORINATED COMPOUNDS; PERSONAL CARE PRODUCTS; PHTHALATES; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; PRETREATMENT METHODS; RESEARCH PAPERS; SLUDGE CHARACTERISTICS; SLUDGE RESIDENCE TIME; SORPTION PHENOMENA; TRANSFORMATION PRODUCTS; TREATMENT METHODS;

BIODEGRADATION; PHENOLS; SORPTION;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION;

ALKYLBENZENE; BENZOTHIAZOLE; ESTROGEN; FLAME RETARDANT; NANOPARTICLE; PERFLUORO COMPOUND; SULFONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; SURFACTANT;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; POLLUTION EFFECT; SLUDGE;

ADAPTATION; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; BIODEGRADATION; BIOTRANSFORMATION; PHYSICOCHEMICAL MODEL; POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SLUDGE;

ADSORPTION; BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOTRANSFORMATION; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; SEWAGE; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84865540462     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2012.06.074     Document Type: Review

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