Case study of treatment of waste water for 17α-ethinylestradiol and microorganisms with UV and photocatalysis in an on-going process of introducing AOP techniques in the Danish water sector

Water Practice and Technology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Madsen, H T ^a   Sogaard E G ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

AOPs; Disinfection; Endocrine disrupters; Photocatalysis; Waste water

Indexed keywords

AOPS; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTING CHEMICALS; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; MOBILE TESTS; OPTIMAL SOLUTIONS; SOLUTION VOLUME; TIO; UV SYSTEMS; UV- AND; WATER SECTOR;

DISINFECTION; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTERS; EXPERIMENTS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; WASTEWATER; WATER SUPPLY;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

EID: 84871056793     PISSN: 1751231X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wpt.2012.080     Document Type: Article

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