Simultaneous methane production and wastewater reuse by a membrane-based process: Evaluation with raw domestic wastewater

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 186, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 383-389

  Gao, Da wen ^a,b   An, Rui ^a   Tao, Yu ^a   Li, Jin ^c   Li, Xin xin ^a   Ren, Nan qi ^a  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b NORTHEAST FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c University of Wisconsin Milwaukee   (United States)

Author keywords

Membrane bioreactor; Membrane fouling; Raw domestic wastewater; Sludge reduction

Indexed keywords

16S RDNA; AEROBIC MEMBRANE BIOREACTORS; ANAEROBIC SLUDGE; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; CARBON AND NITROGEN; CARBON SOURCE; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DOMESTIC WASTEWATER; FIXED BED; FUNCTIONAL BACTERIA; GENE FRAGMENTS; HYDRAULIC RETENTION TIME; IRREVERSIBLE FOULING; MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; MEMBRANE-BASED PROCESS; METHANE PRODUCTION; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; RAW DOMESTIC WASTEWATER; SEM; SLUDGE REDUCTION; TRANSMEMBRANE PRESSURES; WASTEWATER REUSE;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; BIOCONVERSION; BIOGAS; BIOREACTORS; ELECTROPHORESIS; MEMBRANE FOULING; MEMBRANES; METHANE; NITROGEN REMOVAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VOLATILE FATTY ACIDS; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT;

BIOGAS; CARBON; METHANE; NITROGEN; VOLATILE FATTY ACID;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BACTERIUM; BIOGAS; BIOREACTOR; DENITRIFICATION; ELECTROKINESIS; FATTY ACID; FOULING; GEL; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MEMBRANE; METHANE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; RECYCLING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SLUDGE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; VOLATILE SUBSTANCE; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; BIOFOULING; CARBON SOURCE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL SINK; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DENITRIFICATION; MEMBRANE REACTOR; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NONHUMAN; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; UPFLOW REACTOR; WASTE WATER RECYCLING;

BACTERIA; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; METHANE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WATER POLLUTANTS;

BETAPROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 79551572777     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2010.11.014     Document Type: Article

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