Contribution of sludge adsorption and biodegradation to the removal of five pharmaceuticals in a submerged membrane bioreactor

Biochemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 88, Issue , 2014, Pages 101-107

  Fan, Huiju ^a   Li, Jing ^a   Zhang, Liqiu ^a   Feng, Li ^a  

^a BEIJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Biodegradation; Biosorption; Membrane bioreactors; Pharmaceutical; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; AMIDES; BIOREACTORS; BIOSORPTION; DRUG PRODUCTS; EXPERIMENTS; MICROBIOLOGY; REMOVAL; SODIUM; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

BATCH ADSORPTION EXPERIMENTS; BATCH EXPERIMENTS; DICLOFENAC SODIUM; DOMESTIC WASTEWATER; MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; OCTANOL-WATER PARTITION COEFFICIENT; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; SUBMERGED MEMBRANE BIOREACTORS;

BIODEGRADATION;

CARBAMAZEPINE; DICLOFENAC; ESTRADIOL; NAPROXEN; OCTANOL; PARACETAMOL; WATER;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOSORPTION; MEMBRANE REACTOR; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLUDGE; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84899791211     PISSN: 1369703X     EISSN: 1873295X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bej.2014.04.008     Document Type: Article

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