Energy audit of a full scale MBR system

Desalination

Volumn 262, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 121-128

  Fenu, A ^a   Roels, J ^a   Wambecq, T ^a   de Gussem, K ^a   Thoeye, C ^a   de Gueldre, G ^a   van de Steene, B ^a  

^a Aquafin   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Activated sludge model (ASM); Energy consumption; Full scale MBR; Membrane bioreactor (MBR); Modelling

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; BIOREACTORS; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; EFFLUENTS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; MODELS; WATER QUALITY;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE MODEL(ASM); BIOLOGICAL PROCESS; CONVENTIONAL ACTIVATED SLUDGES; ENERGY PERSPECTIVES; FILTRATION PROCESS; FULL SCALE MBR; MEMBRANE BIO REACTOR (MBR); SIGNIFICANT MIXING;

ENERGY CONSERVATION;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AERATION; BIOREACTOR; EFFLUENT; ENERGY USE; MEMBRANE; ULTRAFILTRATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WASTE TECHNOLOGY; WASTE TREATMENT;

EID: 78649332358     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2010.05.057     Document Type: Article

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