Effect of microwave hydrolysis on transformation of steroidal hormones during anaerobic digestion of municipal sludge cake

This research evaluates the fate of 16 steroidal (estrogenic, androgenic and progestogenic) hormones during advanced anaerobic digestion of municipal sludge cake generated at the Kelowna’s wastewater treatment plant using microwave (MW) pretreatment. Effect of sludge pretreatment temperature (80,...

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Main Author: Hamid, Hanna
Language:English
Published: University of British Columbia 2013
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/43963