Modeling and dynamic analysis of a membrane bioreactor with backwash scheduling

Desalination and Water Treatment

Volumn 41, Issue 1-3, 2012, Pages 186-194

  Alnaizy, Raafat ^a   Abdel Jabbar, Nabil ^a   Aidan, Ahmed ^a   Abachi, Noor ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF SHARJAH   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Biomass; Dynamic; Fouling; MBR; Sludge; TMP

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864106266     PISSN: 19443994     EISSN: 19443986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19443994.2012.664713     Document Type: Article

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