Evaluation of full-scale membrane bioreactor mixing performance and the effect of membrane configuration

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 350, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 101-108

  Brannock, M W D ^a   Wang, Y ^a   Leslie, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Energy; Hydrodynamics; Membrane bioreactor; Mixing; Residence time distribution

Indexed keywords

BIOKINETICS; COMPLETELY-MIXED; ENERGY USAGE; FLAT SHEETS; FOULING POTENTIAL; HOLLOW FIBRE; HOLLOW-FIBRE MEMBRANE; HYDRODYNAMIC CHARACTERISTICS; LITHIUM CHLORIDE; MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; MIXING ENERGIES; MIXING PERFORMANCE; OPTIMISATIONS; RESIDENCE TIME DISTRIBUTIONS; SIMILAR DEGREE; TRACER STUDY; TREATMENT SYSTEMS;

BIOREACTORS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; FLUID DYNAMICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MEMBRANES; RESONANT TUNNELING; SEMICONDUCTOR DIODES; TEMPERATURE MEASURING INSTRUMENTS;

MIXING;

LITHIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; BIOREACTOR; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENERGY; FIBER; FILTRATION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 76849103094     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2009.12.016     Document Type: Article

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