Membrane bioreactor technology: A novel approach to the treatment of compost leachate

Waste Management

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2188-2194

  Brown, Kayleigh ^a   Ghoshdastidar, Avik J ^a   Hanmore, Jillian ^a   Frazee, James ^b   Tong, Anthony Z ^a  

^a ACADIA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b E and Q Consulting and Associates Limited   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biodegradation; Caffeine; Compost leachate; Heavy metals; Membrane bioreactor; Organic waste

Indexed keywords

COMPOST LEACHATE; GASCHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR TECHNOLOGY; NITRATE CONCENTRATION; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; ORGANIC WASTES; WATER QUALITY PARAMETERS;

AMMONIA; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREACTORS; CAFFEINE; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; EFFLUENTS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HEAVY METALS; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; LEACHATE TREATMENT; WATER QUALITY;

COMPOSTING;

AMMONIA; CAFFEINE; COPPER; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; METAL; NITRATE; NITRITE; ORGANIC MATTER;

AMMONIA; BIOREACTOR; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; COMPOST; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HEAVY METAL; LEACHATE; MEMBRANE; NITRATE; NITRITE; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PARAMETERIZATION; WASTE TECHNOLOGY; WASTE TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; COMPOST LEACHATE; COMPOSTING; EFFLUENT; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; HEALTH HAZARD; HEAVY METAL REMOVAL; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MEMBRANE REACTOR; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WASTE DISPOSAL; WATER QUALITY;

BIODEGRADATION; CAFFEINE; COMPOST LEACHATE; HEAVY METALS; MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; ORGANIC WASTE;

BIOLOGICAL OXYGEN DEMAND ANALYSIS; BIOREACTORS; CAFFEINE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; HETEROTROPHIC PROCESSES; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; METALS; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; OXYGEN; SOIL; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84885171637     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: 18792456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2013.04.006     Document Type: Article

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