Effect of organic loading rate on a wastewater treatment process combining moving bed biofilm and membrane reactors

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 51, Issue 6-7, 2005, Pages 421-430

  Melin, E ^a   Leiknes, T ^b   Helness, H ^a   Rasmussen, V ^c   Odegaard H ^b  

^a SINTEF   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c Kaldnes Miljøteknologi A S   (Norway)

Author keywords

Membrane reactor; Moving bed biofilm reactor; Particle size distribution; Wasterwater treatment

Indexed keywords

BIOFILMS; BIOREACTORS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; FOULING; MEMBRANES; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PORE SIZE;

HRT; MEMBRANE REACTORS; MOVING BED BIOFILM REACTOR (MBBR); ORGANIC LOADING;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ORGANIC COMPOUND;

MEMBRANE; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM REACTOR; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFLUENT; FOULING CONTROL; HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANE; MEMBRANE REACTOR; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; MICROFILTRATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NITRIFICATION; PARTICLE SIZE; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 21244468722     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2005.0664     Document Type: Article

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