Enhanced performance of a submerged membrane bioreactor with powdered activated carbon addition for municipal secondary effluent treatment

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 192, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1509-1514

  Lin, Hongjun ^a   Wang, Fangyuan ^a   Ding, Linxian ^a   Hong, Huachang ^a   Chen, Jianrong ^a   Lu, Xiaofeng ^b  

^a ZHEJIANG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF APPLIED PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Membrane bioreactor; Membrane fouling; Powdered activated carbon; Secondary effluent

Indexed keywords

ENHANCED PERFORMANCE; FILTRATION RESISTANCE; LABORATORY SCALE; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; MEMBRANE PERFORMANCE; ORGANIC REMOVAL; ORGANICS; POWDERED ACTIVATED CARBON; SECONDARY EFFLUENT; SUBMERGED MEMBRANE BIOREACTORS;

ACTIVATED CARBON; BIOREACTORS; EFFLUENTS; MEMBRANE FOULING; MEMBRANES; MICROFILTRATION; TURBIDITY;

EFFLUENT TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED CARBON; AMMONIA; NITROGEN;

ACTIVATED CARBON; AMMONIUM; BIOREACTOR; DOMESTIC WASTE; EFFLUENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FILTRATION; FOULING; MEMBRANE; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SUBMERGED BODY; WASTE TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; BIOFOULING; EFFLUENT; FEASIBILITY STUDY; MEMBRANE REACTOR; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; TURBIDITY; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

BIOMASS; BIOREACTORS; CARBON; CHARCOAL; CHINA; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FILTRATION; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; POWDERS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 80052028217     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: 18733336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2011.06.071     Document Type: Article

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