Sorption-desorption and biosorption of bisphenol A, triclosan, and 17α-ethinylestradiol to sewage sludge

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 487, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 813-821

  Banihashemi, Bahman ^a   Droste, Ronald L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biosorption; Desorption; Kinetic study; Microconstituents; Sewage sludge; Sorption

Indexed keywords

BATCH REACTORS; BIODEGRADATION; BIOMASS; BIOSORPTION; EXPERIMENTS; ISOTHERMS; KINETICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RATE CONSTANTS; SEWAGE SLUDGE; SORPTION;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE SYSTEMS; BIOMASS CONCENTRATIONS; DISTRIBUTION COEFFICIENT; FREUNDLICH CONSTANTS; KINETIC STUDY; MICRO-CONSTITUENTS; PHYSICO-CHEMICAL SORPTION; SOLID-PHASE CONCENTRATION;

DESORPTION;

4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; TRICLOSAN;

BIOMASS; DESORPTION; KINETICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SEWAGE; SLUDGE; SORPTION;

ADSORPTION KINETICS; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BIODEGRADATION; BIOMASS; BIOSORPTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DESORPTION; ISOTHERM; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLUDGE; SOLID;

BIOSORPTION; DESORPTION; KINETIC STUDY; MICROCONSTITUENTS; SEWAGE SLUDGE; SORPTION;

BENZHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; ETHINYL ESTRADIOL; PHENOLS; SEWAGE; TRICLOSAN; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84900794449     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.12.116     Document Type: Article

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