Start-up with or without inoculum? Analysis of an SMBR pilot plant

Desalination

Volumn 260, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 79-90

  di Bella, Gaetano ^a   Durante, Francesca ^a   Torregrossa, Michele ^a   Viviani, Gaspare ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Complete sludge retention; Floc size; Fouling resistances; Inoculum; Sludge production; Start up

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; BIOREACTORS; COMPOSTING; FOULING; MEMBRANE FOULING; PILOT PLANTS; REACTOR STARTUP;

COMPLETE SLUDGE RETENTION; FLOC SIZE; FOULING RESISTANCE; INOCULUM; SLUDGE PRODUCTION;

MEMBRANES;

BIOREACTOR; COMPOST; DEPOSITION; FLOCCULATION; FOULING; MEMBRANE; SLUDGE;

EID: 77957934983     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2010.04.063     Document Type: Article

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