Mass transfer in a membrane aerated biofilm

Water Research

Volumn 46, Issue 15, 2012, Pages 4761-4769

  Picard, C ^a,b,c   Logette, S ^c   Schrotter, J C ^c   Aimar, P ^a,b   Remigy, J C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE DE GÉNIE CHIMIQUE   (France)

^c Veolia Environnement Recherche et Innovation   (France)

Author keywords

Convection; Effective diffusivity; Mass transfer; Membrane aerated biofilm; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; HEAT CONVECTION; MASS TRANSFER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER AERATION;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; CROSS FLOWS; EFFECTIVE DIFFUSIVITIES; FLOW MODEL; HETEROTROPHIC BIOFILM; HYDRODYNAMIC CONDITIONS; NON-REACTIVE TRACER;

BIOFILMS;

NEON;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BIOFILM; CONVECTION; FLOW MODELING; HYDRODYNAMICS; MASS TRANSFER; MEMBRANE; NEON; NUMERICAL MODEL; OXIC CONDITIONS; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

AERATION; ARTICLE; BIOFILM; DIFFUSION; DISPERSION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HETEROTROPHY; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLUDGE; THERMODYNAMICS; TRANSPORT KINETICS;

EID: 84864046077     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2012.05.056     Document Type: Article

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