Drivers and economic aspects for the implementation of advanced wastewater treatment and water reuse in a PVC plant

This paper shows the economic feasibility of water reuse within a polyvinyl chloride (PVC) plant. A two-step treatment of the current primary effluent consisting of an aerobic membrane bioreactor followed by a double pass reverse osmosis process, validated at pilot scale, was used to estimate the co...

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Main Authors: David Prieto, Nathalie Swinnen, Laura Blanco, Daphne Hermosilla, Peter Cauwenberg, Ángeles Blanco, Carlos Negro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016-06-01
Series:Water Resources and Industry
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212371716300142