Pilot-plant treatment of a high-strength brewery wastewater using a membrane-aeration bioreactor

Water Environment Research

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1197-1204

  Brindle, Keith ^c   Stephenson, Tom ^b   Semmens, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Brewery wastewater; Fixed biofilm; Hollow fiber membrane; Membrane aeration bioreactor; Pure oxygen

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; BIOFILMS; BIOLOGICAL SEWAGE TREATMENT; BIOREACTORS; BREWERIES; FIBROUS MEMBRANES; INDUSTRIAL WASTE TREATMENT; PILOT PLANTS; SEWAGE AERATION;

HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANES;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

OXYGEN;

MEMBRANE; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

AERATION; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOFILM; BIOREACTOR; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0032867446     PISSN: 10614303     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2175/106143096X122492     Document Type: Article

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