Correlations between trans-membrane pressure (TMP) and sludge properties in submerged membrane electro-bioreactor (SMEBR) and conventional membrane bioreactor (MBR)

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 120, Issue , 2012, Pages 199-205

  Hasan, Shadi W ^a   Elektorowicz, Maria ^a   Oleszkiewicz, Jan A ^b  

^a Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fouling; Mean particle size diameter; Statistical analysis; Submerged membrane electro bioreactor (SMEBR); Trans membrane pressure

Indexed keywords

CONVENTIONAL MEMBRANE BIOREACTORS; INVERSE CORRELATION; MEAN PARTICLE SIZE; MIXED LIQUOR SUSPENDED SOLIDS CONCENTRATION; MOMENTUM CORRELATION; OPERATIONAL CONDITIONS; PILOT SYSTEM; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS; SLUDGE PROPERTIES; SOLUBLE CARBOHYDRATES; SOLUBLE PROTEINS; SUBMERGED MEMBRANE; TRANSMEMBRANE PRESSURES;

FOULING; MEMBRANE FOULING; STATISTICAL METHODS; THERMOMECHANICAL PULPING PROCESS;

BIOREACTORS;

CARBOHYDRATE; PROTEIN;

BIOREACTOR; DATA SET; DIAMETER; FOULING; MEMBRANE; OPTIMIZATION; PRESSURE; PROTEIN; SLUDGE;

ARTICLE; BIOREACTOR; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; MIXED LIQUOR SUSPENDED SOLIDS; PARTICLE SIZE; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLUDGE; SOLID; SUBMERGED MEMBRANE ELECTRO BIOREACTOR; TRANSMEMBRANE PRESSURE;

AMMONIA; BIOFOULING; BIOLOGICAL OXYGEN DEMAND ANALYSIS; BIOPOLYMERS; BIOREACTORS; ELECTRICITY; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOSPHORUS; PRESSURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEWAGE; SOLUBILITY; STATIC ELECTRICITY; VISCOSITY; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 84863729003     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2012.06.043     Document Type: Article

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