Transformation of diclofenac in hybrid biofilm–activated sludge processes

Water Research

Volumn 105, Issue , 2016, Pages 559-567

  Jewell, Kevin S ^a   Falås, Per ^b   Wick, Arne ^a   Joss, Adriano ^b   Ternes, Thomas A ^a  

^a FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF HYDROLOGY   (Germany)

^b SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Diclofenac; Moving bed biofilm reactor; Transformation products; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; BIOCONVERSION; BIOFILMS; BIOMASS; CARBOXYLATION; EFFLUENTS; HYDROXYLATION; RECLAMATION;

ATTACHED GROWTH; BIOFILM ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; DICLOFENAC; HIGH RESOLUTION; MOVING BED BIOFILM REACTORS; REDUCTIVE DECHLORINATION; REFERENCE STANDARD; TRANSFORMATION PATHWAYS; TRANSFORMATION PRODUCTS; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

AMIDE; DICLOFENAC;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ANTIBIOTICS; BIOFILM; BIOMASS; BIOREACTOR; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DECARBOXYLATION; LABORATORY METHOD; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; BIOFILM; BIOMASS; BIOTRANSFORMATION; DECARBOXYLATION; DECHLORINATION; EFFLUENT; FRAGMENTATION REACTION; HYBRID; HYDROXYLATION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RING OPENING; SWITZERLAND; TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; SEWAGE; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

SAINT GALL [SWITZERLAND]; SWITZERLAND;

BIOFILMS; DICLOFENAC; SEWAGE; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84988728403     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2016.08.002     Document Type: Article

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