Full-scale assessment of the nutrient removal capabilities of membrane bioreactors

Water Environment Research

Volumn 82, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 806-818

  Daigger, Glen T ^a   Crawford, George V ^b   Johnson, Bruce R ^a  

^a CH2M HILL   (United States)

^b CH2M Hill Canada   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biological; Chemical; Membrane bioreactor; Nitrogen; Nutrients; Phosphorus; Removal

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; BIOCONVERSION; BIOREACTORS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICALS; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; EFFLUENTS; NITROGEN; NITROGEN REMOVAL; NUTRIENTS; PHOSPHORUS; REMOVAL; SALT REMOVAL; SURFACE TREATMENT;

BIOLOGICAL; BIOLOGICAL NITROGEN REMOVAL; CHEMICAL PHOSPHORUS REMOVAL; DISSOLVED OXYGEN CONTROL; INTERNATIONAL WATER ASSOCIATION; MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; MIXED LIQUOR SUSPENDED SOLIDS; WATER ENVIRONMENT FEDERATIONS;

BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT;

FERRIC CHLORIDE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIOREACTOR; FLOW VELOCITY; GUIDELINE; MEMBRANE; MIXING; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; OXIC CONDITIONS; PHOSPHORUS; WASTE TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; BIOREACTOR EQUIPMENT; FLOW RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLUDGE TREATMENT; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; BIOREACTOR; CHEMISTRY; CONSTRUCTION WORK AND ARCHITECTURAL PHENOMENA; TIME; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION;

BIOREACTORS; FACILITY DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; PHOSPHORUS; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

EID: 79952112875     PISSN: 10614303     EISSN: 15547531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2175/106143010X12609736966964     Document Type: Article

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