The effect of hydraulic retention time on the performance and fouling characteristics of membrane sequencing batch reactors used for the treatment of synthetic petroleum refinery wastewater

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 102, Issue 17, 2011, Pages 7692-7699

  Shariati, Seyed Ramin Pajoum ^a   Bonakdarpour, Babak ^a   Zare, Nasim ^a   Ashtiani, Farzin Zokaee ^a  

^a AMIRKABIR UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Hydraulic retention time; Membrane fouling; Membrane sequencing batch reactor; Petroleum refinery wastewater; Removal efficiency

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AIR STRIPPING; APPARENT VISCOSITY; FOULING CHARACTERISTICS; FTIR ANALYSIS; HYDRAULIC RETENTION TIME; MAIN COMPONENT; MEMBRANE PORES; MICROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; PETROLEUM WASTEWATER; PROTOZOAN POPULATION; REFINERY WASTEWATERS; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; REMOVAL EFFICIENCY; SEQUENCING BATCH REACTORS; THREE MODELS;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; CARBOHYDRATES; HYDRAULICS; HYDROCARBONS; MEMBRANE FOULING; MEMBRANES; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PETROLEUM ANALYSIS; PETROLEUM REFINERIES; REFINING; REMOVAL; STRIPPING (REMOVAL); SYNTHETIC FUELS; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

BATCH REACTORS;

CARBOHYDRATE; HYDROCARBON;

BIOREACTOR; CARBOHYDRATE; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MEMBRANE; PARTICLE SIZE; PETROLEUM; PROTOZOAN; REFINING INDUSTRY; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; BIOFOULING; HYDRAULIC PERMEABILITY; HYDRAULIC RETENTION TIME; INDUSTRIAL SLUDGE; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MEMBRANE SEQUENCING BATCH REACTOR; MICROSCOPY; PARTICLE SIZE; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCING BATCH REACTOR; VISCOSITY; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANIMALS; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; HYDROCARBONS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; PARTICLE SIZE; PETROLEUM; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

PROTOZOA;

EID: 79960845286     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2011.05.065     Document Type: Article

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