Modelling the effect of biomass induced oxygen transfer limitations on the nitrogen removal performance of membrane bioreactor

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 368, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 54-63

  Insel, Güçlü ^a   Hocaoĝlu, S Murat ^b   Cokgor, E Ubay ^a   Orhon, Derin ^a,c  

^a ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MATERIALS INSTITUTE   (Turkey)

^c Turkish Academy of Sciences   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Half saturation constant; Mass transfer limitation; Nitrogen removal; Simultaneous nitrification and denitrification; Viscosity

Indexed keywords

AERATION ENERGY; BIOMASS CONCENTRATIONS; FUNCTIONAL RELATIONSHIP; MASS TRANSFER COEFFICIENT; MASS TRANSFER LIMITATION; MBR OPERATION; MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; MODEL SIMULATION; OPERATING CONDITION; OXYGEN DIFFUSION; OXYGEN TRANSFER; SATURATION CONSTANT; SET-POINT CONTROL; SETPOINTS; SIMULATION RESULT; SIMULTANEOUS NITRIFICATION AND DENITRIFICATION;

BIOCONVERSION; BIOMASS; BIOREACTORS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENITRIFICATION; MASS TRANSFER; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN; OPTIMIZATION; OXIDATION; OXYGEN; VISCOSITY;

NITROGEN REMOVAL;

DISSOLVED OXYGEN; NITROGEN; OXYGEN;

AERATION; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; DENITRIFICATION; MEMBRANE REACTOR; NITRIFICATION; OXYGEN DIFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION;

EID: 78650511937     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2010.11.003     Document Type: Article

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