Optimal performance of an immersed membrane bioreactor equipped with a draft tube for domestic wastewater reclamation

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 54, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 155-162

  Yang, Fei ^a   Bick, Amos ^a   Shandalov, S ^a   Oron, G ^b,c  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^c Yale University   (United States)

Author keywords

Aeration; Crossflow velocity; Draft tube; Immersed membrane bioreactor; Membrane fouling; Transmembrane pressure

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; FOULING; HYDRODYNAMICS; MEMBRANES; REMOVAL; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

AERATION; CROSSFLOW VELOCITY; DRAFT TUBE; MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; MEMBRANE FOULING; TRANSMEMBRANE PRESSURE;

BIOREACTORS;

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIOREACTORS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; FOULING; HYDRODYNAMICS; MEMBRANES; REMOVAL; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

AERATION; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIOREACTOR; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; FLOW VELOCITY; MEMBRANE; WASTEWATER;

AERATION; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIOREACTOR DESIGN; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMICAL PROCEDURES; CLEANING; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMESTIC WASTE; FLOW RATE; FOULING PREVENTION; HYDRODYNAMICS; ISRAEL; MEMBRANE FILTER; MEMBRANE REACTOR; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; TUBE; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

BIOREACTORS; ISRAEL; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 33845304727     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2006.877     Document Type: Conference Paper

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