Fibrous support stabilizes nitrification performance of a membrane-aerated biofilm: The effect of liquid flow perturbation

Journal of Chemical Engineering of Japan

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 607-615

  Terada, Akihiko ^a,c   Ito, Junpei ^b   Matsumoto, Shinya ^b,d   Tsuneda, Satoshi ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^d NAGOYA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fibrous support; High liquid flow rate; Membrane aerated biofilm reactor; Nitrification; Sloughing

Indexed keywords

AIR PRESSURES; BULK LIQUID; FIBROUS MATERIAL; FIBROUS SUPPORT; HIGH LIQUID FLOW RATE; LIQUID FLOW; LIQUID FLOW RATES; MEMBRANE-AERATED BIOFILM REACTOR; MEMBRANE-AERATED BIOFILM REACTORS; OVERALL MASS TRANSFER COEFFICIENT; SLOUGHING;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BIOFILMS; BIOFILTERS; BIOMASS; BIOREACTORS; DENITRIFICATION; FLOW RATE; MASS TRANSFER; NITRIFICATION; OXIDATION; OXYGEN; SILICONES;

LIQUIDS;

EID: 69949179236     PISSN: 00219592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1252/jcej.09we032     Document Type: Article

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