An assessment of oxygen transfer efficiency in a gas permeable hollow fibre membrane biological reactor

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1165-1171

  Soreanu, G ^a   Lishman, L ^a   Dunlop, S ^a   Behmann, H ^b   Seto, P ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b GE Water & Process Technologies   (Canada)

Author keywords

Energy; Gas permeable membrane; Non porous membrane; Oxygen transfer efficiency

Indexed keywords

BUBBLE DIFFUSER; CARBON REMOVAL; CLEAN WATERS; CONVENTIONAL TREATMENTS; DEOXYGENATED WATER; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; FINE-BUBBLE DIFFUSERS; FULL SCALE; GASPHASE; HOLLOW FIBRE; HOLLOW-FIBRE MEMBRANE; INLET AIR; MEMBRANE MODULE; NON-POROUS MEMBRANE; OXYGEN TRANSFER EFFICIENCY; POROUS MEMBRANES; RE-AERATION; SODIUM SULPHITE; SURFACE AREA; TESTING METHOD;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CATALYTIC OXIDATION; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; GASES; INTERNET PROTOCOLS; MASS TRANSFER; NEWTONIAN FLOW; OXYGEN; SODIUM; WATER AERATION;

GAS PERMEABLE MEMBRANES;

CARBON; SODIUM SULFITE; WATER;

AERATION; BIOREACTOR; CATALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; GAS FLOW; MASS TRANSFER; MEMBRANE; NITRIFICATION; OXIDATION; OXYGEN; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PERMEABILITY; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; PRESSURE GRADIENT; WATER QUALITY;

AERATION; AERATOR; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEOXYGENATION; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; GAS PERMEABILITY; HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANE; HOLLOW FIBER REACTOR; MONITORING; NITRIFICATION; OXIDATION; OXYGEN TRANSPORT;

BIOREACTORS; CATALYSIS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FERMENTATION; GASES; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; OXYGEN; POROSITY; PRESSURE; SULFATES; TIME FACTORS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 77952487005     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2010.877     Document Type: Article

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