Biological COD reduction and inorganic suspended solids accumulation in a pilot-scale membrane bioreactor for traditional Chinese medicine wastewater treatment

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 155, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 115-122

  Chen, Zhao Bo ^a,b   Hu, Dong Xue ^b   Ren, Nan Qi ^a   Tian, Yu ^a   Zhang, Zhen Peng ^c  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b HARBIN ENGINEERING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Beijing Enterprises Water Group Limited   (China)

Author keywords

Chemical oxygen demand (COD); Inorganic suspended solids (ISSs); Membrane bioreactor (MBR); Models; Pilot scale test; Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) wastewater

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL-OXYGEN DEMANDS; MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR (MBR); PILOT SCALE TEST; SUSPENDED SOLIDS; TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE; TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE (TCM) WASTEWATER;

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREACTORS; DEGRADATION; EFFLUENTS; MEDICINE; MICROBIOLOGY; OXYGEN; RATE CONSTANTS; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 74249108236     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2009.07.004     Document Type: Article

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