Occurrence of trace organic contaminants in wastewater sludge and their removals by anaerobic digestion

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 210, Issue , 2016, Pages 153-159

  Yang, Shufan ^a   Hai, Faisal I ^a   Price, William E ^a   McDonald, James ^b   Khan, Stuart J ^b   Nghiem, Long D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anaerobic digestion; Molecular structure; Primary sludge; Sludge retention time (SRT); Trace organic contaminants

Indexed keywords

DRUG PRODUCTS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; SLUDGE DIGESTION;

BIOGAS PRODUCTION; BIOLOGICAL PERFORMANCE; ELECTRONWITHDRAWING; PRESENCE/ABSENCE; PRIMARY SLUDGE; SLUDGE RETENTION TIME; TRACE ORGANIC CONTAMINANTS; WASTEWATER SLUDGE;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION;

4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; AMITRIPTYLINE; ATENOLOL; BIOGAS; CAFFEINE; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLOZAPINE; DICLOFENAC; DIURON; FLUOXETINE; GEMFIBROZIL; IBUPROFEN; NAPROXEN; PARACETAMOL; PRIMIDONE; TRICLOCARBAN; TRICLOSAN; TRIMETHOPRIM; VERAPAMIL; BIOFUEL; METHANE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; SEWAGE; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; DIGESTIBILITY; DRUG; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; RETENTION; SLUDGE; TRACE ELEMENT; WASTEWATER;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ORGANIC POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION; SLUDGE; SOLID; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; ANAEROBIC GROWTH; BIOREACTOR; CHEMISTRY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SEWAGE; WASTE WATER; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANAEROBIOSIS; BIOFUELS; BIOREACTORS; METHANE; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; SEWAGE; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84954271100     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2015.12.080     Document Type: Article

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