Efficiency and sensitivity of the wet oxidation/biological steps in coupled pharmaceutical wastewater treatment

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 234, Issue , 2013, Pages 484-490

  Collado, Sergio ^a   Quero, David ^a   Laca, Adriana ^a   Díaz, Mario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Coupled treatment process; Pharmaceutical wastewater; Phenolic compounds; Robustness; Sensitivity to feed conditions; Wet oxidation

Indexed keywords

COUPLED TREATMENTS; FEED CONDITIONS; PHARMACEUTICAL WASTEWATER; PHENOLIC COMPOUNDS; WET OXIDATION;

FLOW RATE; OXIDATION; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND;

EID: 84886947973     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2013.07.075     Document Type: Article

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