Recent advances in membrane bioreactors: Configuration development, pollutant elimination, and Sludge Reduction

Environmental Engineering Science

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 139-160

  Meng, Fangang ^a   Chae, So Ryong ^b   Shin, Hang Sik ^c   Yang, Fenglin ^d   Zhou, Zhongbo ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^d DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

membrane bioreactor (MBR); sludge reduction; wastewater reuse; wastewater treatment; water purification

Indexed keywords

AIR SPARGING; BIOFILM-MBR; COMPACT STRUCTURES; DEGRADATION OF POLLUTANTS; EFFLUENT QUALITY; EMERGING CONTAMINANT; INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT; MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; MEMBRANE DISTILLATION; MEMBRANE FILTRATIONS; SLUDGE REDUCTION; WASTEWATER REUSE; WATER PURIFICATION;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; HEAVY METALS; MICROFILTRATION; PHOSPHORUS; RESEARCH; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

BIOREACTORS;

HEAVY METAL; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

AIR SPARING MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; BIOFILM; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; JET LOOP MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; MEMBRANE DISTILLATION BIOREACTOR; MEMBRANE REACTOR; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; NONHUMAN; OSMOTIC MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; POLLUTION CONTROL; REVERSE OSMOSIS; REVIEW; SLUDGE TREATMENT; VERTICAL SUBMERGED MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER RECYCLING;

EID: 84863298500     PISSN: 10928758     EISSN: 15579018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ees.2010.0420     Document Type: Review

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