Performance of suspended and attached growth MBR systems in treating high strength synthetic wastewater

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 102, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 5331-5336

  Jamal Khan, S ^a   Ilyas, Shazia ^a   Javid, Sadaf ^a   Visvanathan, C ^b   Jegatheesan, V ^c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY NUST   (Pakistan)

^b ASIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Microbial activity; Particle size; Simultaneous nitrification and denitrification (SND); Sponge carrier; Submerged membrane bioreactor

Indexed keywords

ATTACHED GROWTH; BIOPARTICLES; DOMESTIC WASTEWATER; HIGH STRENGTH; LABORATORY SCALE; MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; MICROBIAL ACTIVITIES; REACTOR VOLUME; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; SIMULTANEOUS NITRIFICATION AND DENITRIFICATION; SIMULTANEOUS NITRIFICATION AND DENITRIFICATION (SND); SPONGE CARRIER; SUBMERGED MEMBRANE BIOREACTORS; SUSPENDED GROWTH; SYNTHETIC WASTE WATER; TOTAL NITROGEN; TOTAL PHOSPHORUS; TP REMOVAL;

BIOCONVERSION; BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DENITRIFICATION; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN REMOVAL; OXIDATION; OXYGEN; PHOSPHORUS; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

BIOREACTORS;

NITROGEN; OXYGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

BIOMASS; BIOREACTOR; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DENITRIFICATION; MEMBRANE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NITROGEN; PARTICLE SIZE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PHOSPHORUS; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; BIOREACTOR; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DENITRIFICATION; NITRIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WASTE WATER;

BACTERIA; BIOFOULING; BIOLOGICAL OXYGEN DEMAND ANALYSIS; BIOREACTORS; FLOCCULATION; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOSPHORUS; PRESSURE; SEWAGE; SUSPENSIONS; VOLATILIZATION; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 79953038801     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2010.09.100     Document Type: Article

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