On-line cake-layer management by trans-membrane pressure steady state assessment in Anaerobic Membrane Bioreactors for wastewater treatment

Biochemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 204-209

  Jeison, D ^a,b   van Lier, J B ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA FRONTERA   (Chile)

Author keywords

Anaerobic processes; Cake formation; Control; Critical flux; Membrane bioreactors; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

BIOREACTORS; CONTROL; COSTS; FILTRATION; OSCILLATIONS; STATISTICAL METHODS; VELOCITY;

ANAEROBIC PROCESSES; CAKE FORMATION; CRITICAL FLUX; MEMBRANE BIOREACTORS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ANAEROBIC FILTER; ANAEROBIC REACTOR; ARTICLE; BIOFILTRATION; CONTINUOUS FLOW REACTOR; CROSSFLOW FILTRATION; MEMBRANE REACTOR; ONLINE SYSTEM; OSCILLATION; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEADY STATE; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 33645999935     PISSN: 1369703X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bej.2005.11.017     Document Type: Article

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