The Application of Membrane Contactors for the Removal of Ammonium from Anaerobic Digester Effluent

Separation Science and Technology (Philadelphia)

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1436-1442

  Waeger Baumann F ^a   Fuchs, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

ammonia; anaerobic digester effluent; mass transfer; membrane contactor; submerged membrane modules

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA CONCENTRATIONS; ANAEROBIC DIGESTER; DIGESTATE; HIGH-CONTENT; HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANE CONTACTORS; MEMBRANE CONTACTOR; MODERATE TEMPERATURE; OPERATION CONDITIONS; PH VALUE; REMOVAL RATE; SUBMERGED MEMBRANE MODULE; SUSPENDED SOLIDS;

AMMONIA; AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; MASS TRANSFER;

MEMBRANES;

EID: 84863843675     PISSN: 01496395     EISSN: 15205754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01496395.2011.653468     Document Type: Article

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