Experimental evaluation of intermittent aeration of a hollow fibre membrane bioreactor

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1217-1223

  Verrecht, Bart ^a   James, Christopher ^b   Germain, Eve ^b   Ma, Wenjing ^c   Judd, Simon ^a  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b THAMES WATER UTILITIES LTD   (United Kingdom)

^c SHENYANG RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL INDUSTRY   (China)

Author keywords

Intermittent aeration; Membrane bioreactor; Sustainable operation

Indexed keywords

DRY WEATHERS; EMPIRICAL DATA; EXPERIMENTAL EVALUATION; FOULING RATE; HIGH FLUX; HOLLOW FIBRE; HOLLOW-FIBRE MEMBRANE; IMMERSED MEMBRANE BIOREACTORS; INTERMITTENT AERATION; MEMBRANE AERATION; MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; PER UNIT; SUSTAINABLE OPERATION; WARM CLIMATES;

BIOCONVERSION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; MEMBRANES;

BIOREACTORS;

AERATION; BIOREACTOR; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FOULING; MEMBRANE; WEATHER;

AERATION; ARTICLE; BIOFOULING; CLIMATE; FILTRATION; HOLLOW FIBER; MEMBRANE REACTOR; PLANT; WEATHER;

BIOREACTORS; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; OXYGEN; TIME FACTORS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 79955657322     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2011.361     Document Type: Article

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