Critical review on the effects of mixed liquor suspended solids on membrane bioreactor operation

Separation Science and Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1489-1511

  Schwarz, Alex O ^a   Rittmann, Bruce E ^b   Crawford, George V ^b   Klein, Angela M ^b   Daigger, Glen T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aeration alpha; MBR; MLSS; Permeate flux; Thickening; Viscosity

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); SEWAGE TREATMENT; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); VISCOSITY;

AERATION ALPHA; MEMBRANE BIOREACTORS (MBR); MIXED LIQUOR SUSPENDED SOLIDS (MLSS); PERMEATE FLUX; THICKENING;

BIOREACTORS;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES; BIOREACTORS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); SEWAGE TREATMENT; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); VISCOSITY;

MEMBRANE; REACTOR; THICKENING AGENT; VISCOSITY;

EID: 33744968205     PISSN: 01496395     EISSN: 15205754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01496390600634699     Document Type: Article

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