Sludge/water partition and biochemical transformation of estrone and 17β-estradiol in a pilot-scale step-feed anoxic/oxic wastewater treatment system

Biochemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 74, Issue , 2013, Pages 107-114

  Shi, Jianghong ^a   Chen, Qingcai ^a   Liu, Xiaowei ^a   Zhan, Xinmin ^b   Li, Jun ^c   Li, Zebing ^c  

^a Beijing Normal University   (China)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^c BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

17 Estradiol; Anoxic Oxic; Biodegradation; Estrone; Sludge water partition; Step feed

Indexed keywords

EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANTS; LINEAR TRANSFORMATIONS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

17Β-ESTRADIOL; AEROBIC ZONES; ANOXIC/OXIC; ESTRONE; PILOT SCALE; SLUDGE WATER; SLUDGE/WATER PARTITION; STEP-FEED; WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM; WATER PARTITION;

BIODEGRADATION;

ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; ESTRONE;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ANOXIA; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; DRUG ADSORPTION; DRUG TRANSFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTOR; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

EID: 84876319874     PISSN: 1369703X     EISSN: 1873295X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bej.2013.03.001     Document Type: Article

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