Performance of a membrane bioreactor used for the treatment of wastewater contaminated with heavy metals

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 102, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 4325-4332

  Katsou, Evina ^a   Malamis, Simos ^a   Loizidou, Maria ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Fouling; Heavy metals; Membrane bioreactor; Toxicity; Vermiculite

Indexed keywords

AUTOTROPHIC BIOMASS; BIOLOGICAL REACTOR; BIOMASS GROWTH; HETEROTROPHIC BIOMASS; MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; METAL CONCENTRATIONS; METAL REMOVAL; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; SLUDGE FLOCS; ULTRA-FILTRATION MEMBRANES; VERMICULITE;

ADSORPTION; BIOCONVERSION; BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; BIOMASS; BIOREACTORS; CLAY MINERALS; COPPER; ECOLOGY; LEAD; LEAD REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); MEMBRANE FOULING; MEMBRANES; METAL IONS; METALS; TOXICITY; ULTRAFILTRATION; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; ZINC; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT);

COPPER; LEAD; METAL ION; NICKEL; VERMICULITE; ZINC;

ADSORPTION; AUTOTROPHY; BIOMASS; BIOREACTOR; FOULING; HEAVY METAL; HETEROTROPHY; MEMBRANE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SLUDGE; TOXICITY; ULTRAFILTRATION; VERMICULITE; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; AUTOTROPHY; BIOFOULING; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; HEAVY METAL REMOVAL; HETEROTROPHY; MEMBRANE REACTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLUDGE; ULTRAFILTRATION; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

ALUMINUM SILICATES; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOFOULING; BIOLOGICAL OXYGEN DEMAND ANALYSIS; BIOMASS; BIOREACTORS; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; METALS, HEAVY; NITRIFICATION; PERMEABILITY; VOLATILIZATION; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 79551688775     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2010.10.118     Document Type: Article

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