Attenuation of trace organic compounds (TOrCs) inbioelectrochemical systems

Water Research

Volumn 73, Issue , 2015, Pages 56-67

  Werner, Craig M ^a   Hoppe Jones, Christiane ^a   Saikaly, Pascal E ^a   Logan, Bruce E ^b   Amy, Gary L ^a  

^a KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioelectrochemical systems; Biotransformation; Sorption; Trace organic compounds

Indexed keywords

BIOCIDES; CAFFEINE; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SORPTION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS;

BIO-ELECTROCHEMICAL; BIOELECTROCHEMICAL SYSTEM; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CELL-BE; CELL/B.E; CELL/BE; CHEMICAL ENERGY; CURRENT GENERATION; MICROBIAL BIOELECTROCHEMICAL SYSTEMS; TRACE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS;

ACETIC ACID; ATENOLOL; ATRAZINE; BIOCIDE; CAFFEINE; CARBAMAZEPINE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DIETHYLTOLUAMIDE; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; FLAME RETARDANT; HYDROGEN; OCTANOL; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PRIMIDONE; TRIMETHOPRIM; WATER POLLUTANT;

BIOENERGETICS; BIOFILM; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CARBON; ELECTROCHEMICAL METHOD; ELECTROKINESIS; FUEL CELL; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PESTICIDE; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; REMOVAL EXPERIMENT; SORPTION; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; BIOELECTROCHEMICAL SYSTEM; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CARBON SOURCE; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ENERGY RECOVERY; ENERGY YIELD; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MICROBIAL FUEL CELL; PH; PH MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTOR DESIGN; STATIC ELECTRICITY; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY; ADSORPTION; BIOENERGY; BIOREACTOR; BIOREMEDIATION; ELECTRODE; ELECTROLYSIS; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES; SEWAGE; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANT;

ADSORPTION; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOELECTRIC ENERGY SOURCES; BIOREACTORS; BIOTRANSFORMATION; ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYSIS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84921982782     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2015.01.013     Document Type: Article

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