The cost of a large-scale hollow fibre MBR

Water Research

Volumn 44, Issue 18, 2010, Pages 5274-5283

  Verrecht, Bart ^a   Maere, Thomas ^b   Nopens, Ingmar ^b   Brepols, Christoph ^c   Judd, Simon ^a  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c Erftverband   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aeration; Biokinetics; Cost sensitivity; Life cycle; Membrane bioreactor

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL CLEANING; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST REDUCTION; EFFLUENTS; LIFE CYCLE; MEMBRANES; OPERATING COSTS; QUALITY CONTROL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY;

AERATION; BIOKINETICS; CAPITAL EXPENDITURES; COST SENSITIVITY; LARGE-SCALES; MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; PLANT UTILIZATION; SLUDGE PRODUCTION; SLUDGE TREATMENT; THE NET PRESENT VALUE (NPV);

BIOREACTORS;

FEEDWATER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

AERATION; BIOREACTOR; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DESIGN; EFFLUENT; KINETICS; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; MEMBRANE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SLUDGE;

AERATION; ARTICLE; BIOREACTOR; CLEANING; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DYNAMICS; ENERGY; HEALTH CARE COST; LARGE SCALE HOLLOW FIBRE MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; MEMBRANE; PARAMETER; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLUDGE; SLUDGE TREATMENT; WATER FLOW;

NUCLEOPOLYHEDROVIRUS;

EID: 77957331023     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2010.06.054     Document Type: Article

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