Influence of a prolonged solid retention time environment on nitrification/denitrification and sludge production in a submerged membrane bioreactor

Desalination

Volumn 245, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 28-43

  Teck, Hay Choon ^a   Loong, Khor Swee ^a   Sun, Darren Delai ^a   Leckie, James O ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

Denitrification; Membrane bioreactor; MF filtration; Nitrification; Solid retention time

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS; BIOMASS CONCENTRATIONS; BIOMASS GROWTH; CELL POPULATIONS; COD REMOVAL EFFICIENCY; DEAD CELLS; DENITRIFICATION RATE; ENDOGENOUS DECAY; GROWTH PHASE; HIGH STRENGTH; INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATERS; LIVE CELL; LOW SLUDGE PRODUCTION; MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; MF FILTRATION; MICROBIAL POPULATIONS; NITRIFICATION/DENITRIFICATION; SLUDGE PRODUCTION; SLUDGE YIELD; SOLID RETENTION TIME; SPECIFIC NITRIFICATION RATE; STABLE PHASE; SUBMERGED MBR; SUBMERGED MEMBRANE BIOREACTORS;

BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; BIOMASS; CELL CULTURE; CELL MEMBRANES; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DENITRIFICATION; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS; INDUSTRIAL WATER TREATMENT; MICROFILTRATION; NITRIFICATION; OXIDATION; POROUS MATERIALS; REMOVAL; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

BIOREACTORS;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BIOREACTOR; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DENITRIFICATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GROWTH RATE; MEMBRANE; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN; RETENTION; TRANSFORMATION; ULTRAFILTRATION; WASTEWATER;

PROTOZOA;

EID: 67650732996     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2008.06.010     Document Type: Article

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