An integrated model for physical-biological wastewater organic removal in a submerged membrane bioreactor: Model development and parameter estimation

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 322, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-12

  Di Bella, Gaetano ^a   Mannina, Giorgio ^a   Viviani, Gaspare ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

ASM; Biological membrane; Cake layer formation; Fouling; MBR modeling

Indexed keywords

BIOINFORMATICS; BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES; BIOREACTORS; CYTOLOGY; EFFLUENTS; FOULING; MEMBRANES; PILOT PLANTS;

BIOLOGICAL FEATURES; CAKE LAYER FORMATION; HOLLOW FIBRE MEMBRANE MODULE; MBR MODELING; MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; MEMBRANE FILTRATIONS; OPERATION CONDITIONS; SUBMERGED MEMBRANE BIOREACTORS;

MICROFILTRATION;

BIOMASS; BIOPROCESS; BIOREACTOR; DEGRADATION; MEMBRANE FILTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SLUDGE TREATMENT; STOICHIOMETRY; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 54049137956     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2008.05.036     Document Type: Review

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