Feasibility of anaerobic membrane bioreactors for the treatment of wastewaters with particulate organic matter

Separation Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 13, 2008, Pages 3417-3431

  Jeison, D ^a,b   Van Betuw, W ^a   Van Lier, J B ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA FRONTERA   (Chile)

Author keywords

Anaerobic; Cake; Fouling; MBR; Membrane; Suspended solids

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOREACTORS; CHEMICAL REACTORS; FLUXES; FOULING; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ANAEROBIC; ANAEROBIC MEMBRANE BIOREACTORS; CAKE; CAKE FORMATIONS; CRITICAL FLUXES; GAS SPARGING; IRREVERSIBLE FOULING; LOW FLUXES; MAIN FACTORS; MBR; MESOPHILIC; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTERS; SUBMERGED MEMBRANE BIOREACTORS; SUSPENDED SOLIDS; SYNTHETIC WASTEWATERS; VOLUMETRIC LOADING RATES;

CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT);

ANAEROBIC TREATMENT; MEMBRANE; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTEWATER;

EID: 54949136951     PISSN: 01496395     EISSN: 15205754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01496390802221659     Document Type: Article

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