Recent advances in membrane bioreactor technology for wastewater treatment in China

Frontiers of Environmental Science and Engineering in China

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 245-271

  Huang, Xia ^a   Xiao, Kang ^a   Shen, Yuexiao ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; commercial application; industrial wastewater treatment; membrane bioreactor (MBR); membrane fouling; municipal wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956473596     PISSN: 16737415     EISSN: 16737520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11783-010-0240-z     Document Type: Article

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