Performance and fouling characteristics of different pore-sized submerged ceramic membrane bioreactors (SCMBR)

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 59, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2213-2218

  Jin, Le ^a   Ng, How Yong ^a   Ong, Say Leong ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Membrane rejection; Pore size; SCMBR; Treatment performance

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA NITROGEN REMOVAL; COD AND TOC REMOVALS; FOULING CHARACTERISTICS; FOULING POTENTIAL; MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; MEMBRANE PORE SIZE; MEMBRANE REJECTION; MEMBRANE SEPARATION; REJECTION RATES; TREATMENT PERFORMANCE;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; BIOCONVERSION; BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; BIOREACTORS; CARBOHYDRATES; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; NITROGEN REMOVAL; POLYMERIC MEMBRANES; PORE SIZE; PROTEINS; SEWAGE; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

CERAMIC MEMBRANES;

CARBOHYDRATE; NITROGEN; PROTEIN; AMMONIA; CARBON;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AMMONIA; BIOREACTOR; CARBOHYDRATE; CARBON; CERAMICS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; FOULING; MEMBRANE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; PORE SPACE; PROTEIN; SEWAGE TREATMENT; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

ARTICLE; BIOREACTOR; CERAMICS; HEAVY METAL REMOVAL; MEMBRANE REACTOR; POLYMERIZATION; POROSITY; SEWAGE; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; EVALUATION; INSTRUMENTATION;

AMMONIA; BIOREACTORS; CARBOHYDRATES; CARBON; CERAMICS; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; PROTEINS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

EID: 69249216764     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2009.256     Document Type: Article

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