Physical characteristics of the sludge in a complete retention membrane bioreactor

Water Research

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1832-1840

  Pollice, A ^a   Giordano, C ^a   Laera, G ^a   Saturno, D ^a   Mininni, G ^b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b WATER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Filterability; Membrane bioreactors; Rheology; Sludge characterization

Indexed keywords

BIOREACTORS; DEWATERING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MIXING; RHEOLOGY; VISCOSITY;

FILTERABILITY; MEMBRANE BIOREACTORS (MBR); OSTWALD MODEL; SLUDGE CHARACTERIZATION;

SEWAGE SLUDGE;

BIOREACTORS; DEWATERING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MIXING; RHEOLOGY; SEWAGE SLUDGE; VISCOSITY;

BIOREACTOR; DEWATERING; FILTRATION; RHEOLOGY; SLUDGE; THIXOTROPY; VISCOSITY; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; BIOREACTOR; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENERGY CONSUMPTION; FILTRATION; FLOW KINETICS; HYSTERESIS; MEMBRANE REACTOR; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLUDGE; SOLID; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; VISCOSITY; WASTE; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

EID: 33947331381     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2007.01.022     Document Type: Article

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