Carbon membrane-aerated biofilm reactor for synthetic wastewater treatment

Bioprocess and Biosystems Engineering

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 217-224

  Liu, Huijun ^a   Yang, Fenglin ^a   Wang, Tonghua ^a   Liu, Qiang ^a   Hu, Shaowei ^a  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon membrane; Extracellular polymeric substance (EPS); Membrane aerated biofilm reactor (MABR); Removal efficiency; Scanning electron microscopic (SEM)

Indexed keywords

CARBON MEMBRANE; EXTRACELLULAR POLYMERIC SUBSTANCE; MEMBRANE-AERATED BIOFILM REACTOR; REMOVAL EFFICIENCY;

ADHESION; BIOFILMS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; MEMBRANES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

BIOREACTORS;

AMMONIA; CARBON; POLYMER;

ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; BIOFILM REACTOR; EFFLUENT; OXYGEN SUPPLY; PERMEABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STOICHIOMETRY; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

AIR; BACTERIA, AEROBIC; BIOFILMS; BIOREACTORS; CARBON; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; NITROGEN; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRAFILTRATION; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 34347368980     PISSN: 16157591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00449-007-0116-1     Document Type: Article

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