Enhancing nutrient removal efficiency by changing the internal recycling ratio and position in a pilot-scale MBR process

Desalination

Volumn 262, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 50-56

  Kim, Hyoung Gun ^a   Jang, Hae Nam ^a   Kim, Hye Min ^a   Lee, Dae Sung ^a   Eusebio, Ramon Christian ^b   Kim, Han Seung ^b   Chung, Tai Hak ^c  

^a Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology   (South Korea)

^b Myong Ji University   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Flat sheet membrane; GPS X; Internal recycling; MBR (membrane bioreactor)

Indexed keywords

BIOREACTORS; EFFICIENCY; NITROGEN REMOVAL; NUTRIENTS; PHOSPHORUS; PILOT PLANTS; RECYCLING; SWITCHING;

FLAT SHEET MEMBRANES; INFLUENT WASTEWATERS; MEMBRANE BIO REACTOR (MBR); MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; NITROGEN REMOVAL EFFICIENCY; NUTRIENT REMOVAL EFFICIENCY; PHOSPHOROUS REMOVAL; PILOT-SCALE EXPERIMENTS;

TANKS (CONTAINERS);

BIOREACTOR; GPS; MEMBRANE; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PHOSPHORUS; WASTEWATER;

EID: 79952449397     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2010.05.040     Document Type: Article

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