Forecasting the performance of membrane bioreactor process for groundwater denitrification

Journal of Environmental Engineering and Science

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 507-521

  Tsal, Hsun Hao ^a   Ravindran, Varadarajan ^a   Williams, Mark D ^a   Plrbazarl, Massoud ^a  

^a University of Southern California ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Biodegradation; Bioreactor; Denitrification; Membrane bioreactor; Membrane filtration; Membrane fouling; Water treatment

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; BIODEGRADATION; BIOFILMS; BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DENITRIFICATION; ELECTRONS; ETHANOL; GROUNDWATER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NITRATES; OSMOSIS MEMBRANES; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; WATER FILTRATION; WATER TREATMENT;

GROUNDWATER DENITRIFICATION; MEMBRANE BIOREACTORS; MEMBRANE FILTRATION; MEMBRANE FOULING;

BIOREACTORS;

EID: 13244262584     PISSN: 14962551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/S04-013     Document Type: Article

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