Roles of sponge sizes and membrane types in a single stage sponge-submerged membrane bioreactor for improving nutrient removal from wastewater for reuse

Desalination

Volumn 249, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 672-676

  Guo, Wenshan ^a   Ngo, Huu Hao ^a   Palmer, Carolyn Gay ^a   Xing, Wen ^a   Hu, Alvin Yen Jung ^b   Listowski, Andrzej ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b KNH Enterprise Co Ltd   (Taiwan)

^c Sydney Olympic Park Authority   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biological nutrient removal; Fouling control; Hollow fiber membrane; Nonwoven membrane; Sponge submerged membrane bioreactor (SSMBR); Wastewater treatment for reuse

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL NUTRIENT REMOVAL; FOULING CONTROL; HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANES; NON-WOVEN MEMBRANES; SPONGE-SUBMERGED MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR (SSMBR); SUBMERGED MEMBRANE BIOREACTORS;

BIOCONVERSION; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; BIOREACTORS; DISSOLUTION; EFFLUENTS; MEMBRANE FOULING; MEMBRANES; MOLECULAR WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION; NUTRIENTS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS; WEAVING;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

BIOREACTOR; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; MEMBRANE; MICROORGANISM; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

EID: 71349084006     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2009.01.030     Document Type: Article

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