Mechanisms of SMP production in membrane bioreactors: Choosing an appropriate mathematical model structure

Water Research

Volumn 44, Issue 18, 2010, Pages 5240-5251

  Menniti, Adrienne ^a   Morgenroth, Eberhard ^a,b  

^a United States of America   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Extracellular polymeric substances (EPS); Membrane bioreactor; Modeling; Soluble microbial products (SMP)

Indexed keywords

BIOCONVERSION; EROSION; FORECASTING; MODEL STRUCTURES; MODELS; POLYMERS; PRODUCT DESIGN;

BATCH EXPERIMENTS; DESIGN AND OPTIMIZATION; EPS PRODUCTION; EXTRACELLULAR POLYMERIC SUBSTANCES; MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; MODEL ASSUMPTIONS; PRODUCTION MECHANISMS; SOLUBLE MICROBIAL PRODUCTS;

BIOREACTORS;

MICROBIAL PRODUCTS NOT CLASSIFIED ELSEWHERE; SOLUBLE MICROBIAL PRODUCT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIODEGRADATION; BIOMASS; BIOREACTOR; HYDROLYSIS; MEMBRANE; NUMERICAL MODEL;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EROSION; HYDROLYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEMBRANE REACTOR; PREDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 77957329649     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2010.06.040     Document Type: Article

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