Immersed Membrane BioReactor (IMBR) for treatment of combined domestic and dairy wastewater in an isolated farm

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 51, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 327-334

  Bick, A ^a   Tuttle, J G P ^a   Shandalov, S ^a   Oron, G ^b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Dairy wastes; Data envelopment analysis (DEA); Immersed membrane bioreactor; Isolated community; Optimization; Ultrafiltration

Indexed keywords

DAIRY PRODUCTS; IMPURITIES; ULTRAFILTRATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS (DEA); ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS; FEED QUALITY CONDITIONS; IMMERSED MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR (IMBR);

BIOREACTORS;

INORGANIC COMPOUND; ORGANIC MATTER;

BIOREACTOR; MEMBRANE; ULTRAFILTRATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DAIRY INDUSTRY; DESERT; DOMESTIC WASTE; IMMERSED MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; ISRAEL; MEMBRANE REACTOR; NUTRIENT; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; ULTRAFILTRATION; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANT;

EID: 23344433386     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2005.0382     Document Type: Article

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