Modelling the occurrence, transport and fate of pharmaceuticals in wastewater systems

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 62, Issue , 2014, Pages 112-127

  Snip, Laura J P ^a   Flores Alsina, Xavier ^a,b   Plósz, Benedek Gy ^a   Jeppsson, Ulf ^b   Gernaey, Krist V ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Activated sludge modelling; Benchmarking; Influent modelling; Micropollutants; Model based evaluation; Multi criteria decision making; Organic trace chemicals; Xenobiotic trace pollutants

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; DECISION MAKING; MARKOV PROCESSES; ORGANIC CHEMICALS;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE MODELLING; INFLUENT MODELLING; MICROPOLLUTANTS; MODEL-BASED EVALUATION; MULTI CRITERIA DECISION MAKING; TRACE POLLUTANT;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ADMINISTRATION; BENCHMARKING; DRUG; MODELING; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; SUBSTRATE; TRACE METAL;

EID: 84907079624     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2014.08.007     Document Type: Article

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