A real time toxicity bioassay for activated sludge reactor

International Journal of Chemical Reactor Engineering

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2002, Pages

  Pernetti, Mimma ^a   Di Palma, Luca ^a   Merli, Carlo ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Activated sludge reactor; Bioassay; Inhibition; Our; Toxicity; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; BIOASSAY; BIODEGRADABLE POLYMERS; CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION; COPPER; EFFLUENTS; ENZYME INHIBITION; HEAVY METAL COMPOUNDS; HEAVY METALS; INDUSTRIAL WATER TREATMENT; INORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PLASTICS INDUSTRY; PURIFICATION; TOXICITY; TRACE ELEMENTS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; COPPER COMPOUNDS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE REACTORS; COPPER CONCENTRATION; INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATERS; METAL PROCESSING INDUSTRY; PURIFICATION EFFICIENCY; SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENT; SYNTHETIC WASTE WATER; TRACE CONCENTRATIONS; ACTIVATED SLUDGE; INHIBITION; METALS PROCESSING INDUSTRY; OUR; PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY; REAL- TIME; SECONDARY TREATMENT;

CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

EID: 84969312190     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15426580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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