Membrane bioreactors: Two decades of research and implementation

Desalination

Volumn 273, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 148-154

  Santos, A ^a   Ma, W ^b   Judd, S J ^a  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b SHENYANG RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL INDUSTRY   (China)

Author keywords

Membrane area; Membrane bioreactors; Packing density; Practitioner; Research

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL COMMUNITIES; MARKET GROWTH; MEMBRANE AREA; MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR TECHNOLOGY; MEMBRANE BIOREACTORS; OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE; PACKING DENSITY; PRACTITIONER; PRODUCT RANGES; RESEARCH AREAS; RESEARCH PAPERS; RESEARCH TOPICS;

BIOCONVERSION; BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; BIOREACTORS; RESEARCH; SPECIFICATIONS; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

MEMBRANE TECHNOLOGY;

ACADEMIC RESEARCH; BIOREACTOR; DENSITY; MEMBRANE; ULTRAFILTRATION; WATER TREATMENT;

SCOPUS;

EID: 79953032776     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2010.07.063     Document Type: Article

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