Development of a predictive framework to assess the removal of trace organic chemicals by anaerobic membrane bioreactor

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 189, Issue , 2015, Pages 391-398

  Wijekoon, Kaushalya C ^a   McDonald, James A ^b   Khan, Stuart J ^b   Hai, Faisal I ^a   Price, William E ^a   Nghiem, Long D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anaerobic membrane bioreactor (AnMBR); Biodegradation transformation; Functional groups; Hydrophobicity; Trace organic chemicals (TrOCs)

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC BACTERIA; BIOCONVERSION; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREACTORS; CHEMICALS; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS; NITROGEN; NITROGEN REMOVAL; SULFUR; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

AEROBIC TREATMENT; ANAEROBIC MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; ELECTRON WITHDRAWING GROUP; HYDROPHOBIC CONTAMINANTS; LINURON; MOLECULAR FEATURE; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; TRACE ORGANIC CHEMICALS;

ORGANIC CHEMICALS;

4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; AMITRIPTYLINE; ATENOLOL; ATRAZINE; CAFFEINE; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLOZAPINE; DIAZEPAM; DICLOFENAC; DIMPYLATE; DIURON; GEMFIBROZIL; IBUPROFEN; KETOPROFEN; LINURON; NAPROXEN; NITROGEN; NONYLPHENOL; OMEPRAZOLE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PARACETAMOL; PRIMIDONE; SIMAZINE; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; SULFUR; TRIAMTERENE; TRICLOCARBAN; TRICLOSAN; TRIMETHOPRIM; BIOFUEL; CARBON; SEWAGE;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREACTOR; BIOTRANSFORMATION; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; HYDROPHOBICITY; MEMBRANE; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; POLLUTANT REMOVAL;

ANAEROBIC REACTOR; ARTICLE; ELECTRON; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; LIQUID; MEMBRANE REACTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLUDGE; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; ANAEROBIC GROWTH; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIOREACTOR; BIOREMEDIATION; CHEMICAL PHENOMENA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; SEWAGE;

ANAEROBIOSIS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOFUELS; BIOLOGICAL OXYGEN DEMAND ANALYSIS; BIOREACTORS; CARBON; HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC INTERACTIONS; NITROGEN; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; SEWAGE; SULFUR;

EID: 84928325549     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2015.04.034     Document Type: Article

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