Nitrogen removal from sludge reject water with a membrane-assisted bioreactor

Water Research

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 23-32

  Ghyoot, Wouter ^a   Vandaele, Stefaan ^b   Verstraete, Willy ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b Aquafin Belgium   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Activated sludge; Biological treatment; Complete sludge retention; Crossflow filtration; Membrane separation; Nitrogen removal; Sludge liquor

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; METHANOL; NITRITE; NITROGEN;

BIOREACTOR; DENITRIFICATION; MEMBRANE; SLUDGE;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; BIOREACTOR; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DENITRIFICATION; MICROFILTRATION; NITRIFICATION; NITROBACTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUMP; SHEAR STRESS; SLUDGE; TIME; ULTRAFILTRATION; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

GADUS MORHUA; NITROBACTER;

EID: 0032889687     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1354(98)00190-0     Document Type: Article

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