Membrane bioreactors for the removal of anionic micropollutants from drinking water

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 463-468

  Crespo, João G ^a   Velizarov, Svetlozar ^a   Reis, Maria A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

IEMB; ion exchange membrane bioreactor

Indexed keywords

ANION; DRINKING WATER;

BIOREACTOR; DEGRADATION; GAS DIFFUSION; ION EXCHANGE; MEMBRANE REACTOR; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 4644241881     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2004.07.001     Document Type: Article

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