Micropollutants removal from retentates generated in ultrafiltration and nanofiltration treatments of municipal secondary effluents by means of coagulation, oxidation, and adsorption processes

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 289, Issue , 2016, Pages 48-58

  Acero, Juan L ^a   Benitez, F Javier ^a   Real, Francisco J ^a   Teva, Fernando ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Coagulation; Emerging contaminants; Municipal secondary effluent; Oxidation; Ultrafiltration and nanofiltration retentate

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; ACTIVATED CARBON TREATMENT; ADSORPTION; CARBON; CHLORINE; COAGULATION; EFFICIENCY; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; FILTRATION; IRON; IRON COMPOUNDS; NANOFILTRATION; OXIDATION; OZONE; ULTRAFILTRATION; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER FILTRATION;

BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT PROCESS; EFFLUENT ORGANIC MATTER; EMERGING CONTAMINANT; HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT COMPOUNDS; MUNICIPAL SECONDARY EFFLUENTS; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS; POWDERED ACTIVATED CARBON; RETENTATE;

EFFLUENTS;

EID: 84952951082     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2015.12.082     Document Type: Article

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