Biological treatment of oily wastewater from gas stations by membrane bioreactor

Journal of Environmental Engineering and Science

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 309-314

  Tri, P T ^a   Visvanathan, C ^a   Jegatheesan, V ^b  

^a ASIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Activated sludge process; Membrane bioreactor; Membrane fouling; Oily wastewater; Powdered activated carbon; Transmembrane pressure

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; BIOREACTORS; CARBON; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FOULING; URBAN PLANNING;

MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR (MBR); MEMBRANE FOULING; OILY WASTEWATER; POWDERED ACTIVATED CARBON (PAC); TRANSMEMBRANE PRESSURE;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

EID: 33749166905     PISSN: 14962551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/S05-032     Document Type: Article

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