Grey water treatment by a continuous process of an electrocoagulation unit and a submerged membrane bioreactor system

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 198-199, Issue , 2012, Pages 201-210

  Bani Melhem, Khalid ^a   Smith, Edward ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY IN CAIRO   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Electrocoagulation; Grey water; Membrane fouling; Submerged membrane bioreactor

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA NITROGEN; BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT; CONTINUOUS OPERATION; CONTINUOUS PROCESS; ELECTROCOAGULATION; FAECAL COLIFORMS; INTEGRATED PROCESS; MEMBRANE FILTRATIONS; PRODUCED EFFLUENTS; SUBMERGED MEMBRANE BIOREACTORS; SUSPENDED SOLIDS; TRANSMEMBRANE PRESSURES;

BIOREACTORS; EFFLUENTS; MEMBRANE FOULING; MICROFILTRATION; TURBIDITY;

COAGULATION;

EID: 84864322505     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2012.05.065     Document Type: Article

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