A long-term application of a pilot airlift membrane bioreactor for domestic wastewater treatment

Desalination and Water Treatment

Volumn 4, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 212-217

  Yang, Fei ^a   Wang, Ying ^a   Bick, Amos ^b,c   Brenner, Asher ^a   Ben David, Eric ^a   Oron, Gideon ^a,d  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b JERUSALEM COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^c SHENKAR COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND DESIGN   (Israel)

^d TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Airlift membrane bioreactor; Crossflow velocity; Draft tube; Membrane fouling; Unrestricted reuse

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NITROSPIRA;

EID: 77954198184     PISSN: 19443994     EISSN: 19443986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5004/dwt.2009.378     Document Type: Article

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