Prediction of optimal biofilm thickness for membrane-attached biofilms growing in an extractive membrane bioreactor

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 373-386

  Pavasant, P ^a   Freitas Dos Santos, L M ^a   Pistikopoulos, E N ^a   Livingston, A G ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

extractive membrane bioreactor; membrane attached biofilms; modeling; toxic VOC

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; BIOREACTORS; CELLS; EXTRACTION; GROWTH KINETICS; IMPURITIES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEMBRANES; NITRIFICATION; OXYGEN; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

DICHLOROETHANE; MEMBRANE ATTACHED BIOFILMS; SINGLE TUBE EXTRACTIVE MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR;

BIOFILMS;

VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOFILM; BIOREACTOR; CELL GROWTH; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NITRIFICATION; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 0030571275     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0290(19961105)52:3<373::AID-BIT3>3.0.CO;2-H     Document Type: Article

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