Investigation of long-term operation and biomass activity in a membrane bioreactor system

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 63, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1906-1912

  Malamis, Simos ^a   Andreadakis, Andreas ^a   Mamais, Daniel ^a   Noutsopoulos, Constantinos ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Biomass activity; Fouling; Fractionation; MBR

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS ACTIVITY; CHARACTERISATION; DEFLOCCULATION; EXTRA-CELLULAR POLYMERIC SUBSTANCES; FOULING RATE; LONG TERM PERFORMANCE; LONG-TERM OPERATION; MBR; MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR SYSTEM; OPERATING CONDITION; OXYGEN UPTAKE RATES; SOLIDS RETENTION TIME;

BIOMASS; MEMBRANE FOULING; WASTEWATER;

BIOREACTORS;

POLYMER;

AERATION; BIOMASS; BIOREACTOR; FLOCCULATION; FOULING; FRACTIONATION; MEMBRANE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; OXYGEN; WASTEWATER;

AERATION; ARTICLE; BIOFOULING; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; MEMBRANE REACTOR; MICROBIAL GROWTH; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; SOLIDS RETENTION TIME; TIME; WASTE WATER;

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

EID: 79957635422     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2011.416     Document Type: Article

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