Bisphenol A removal from synthetic municipal wastewater by a bioreactor coupled with either a forward osmotic membrane or a microfiltration membrane unit

Frontiers of Environmental Science and Engineering

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 294-300

  Zhu, Hongtao ^a   Li, Wenna ^a,b  

^a BEIJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Tianjin Guangyao Dongfang Property and Investment Co Ltd   (China)

Author keywords

bisphenol A; forward osmosis; membrane bioreactor; microfiltration

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876455316     PISSN: 20952201     EISSN: 2095221X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11783-013-0486-3     Document Type: Article

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