Criticality of flux and aeration for a hollow fiber membrane bioreactor

Separation Science and Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 956-961

  Monclus, Hector ^a   Zacharias, Sebastian ^b   Santos, Ana ^b   Pidou, Marc ^b   Judd, Simon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^b CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aeration; Critical flux; Fouling; Hollow fiber; Membrane bioreactor

Indexed keywords

AERATION; AIR STREAMS; CRITICAL FLUX; FLUX-STEP METHOD; HOLLOW FIBER; HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; IMMERSED MEMBRANE BIOREACTORS; MEMBRANE MODULE; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATERS; OPERATING CONDITION; PILOT SCALE; STEP METHOD;

BIOCONVERSION; BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; FIBERS; MEMBRANES; MICROFILTRATION; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER FILTRATION;

BIOREACTORS;

FIBER MANUFACTURE; FIBER PREPARATION; FILTRATION; HOLLOW FIBER; MANUFACTURED FIBER; MEMBRANE; REACTOR; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTEWATER;

EID: 77951684303     PISSN: 01496395     EISSN: 15205754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01496391003666197     Document Type: Article

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