Reliable method for assessing the COD mass balance of a submerged anaerobic membrane bioreactor (SAMBR) treating sulphate-rich municipal wastewater

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 494-502

  Gimenez J B ^a   Carretero, L ^b   Gatti, M N ^b,c,d   Marti N ^a   Borras L ^a   Ribes, J ^a   Seco, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL COMAHUE   (Argentina)

^d IDEPA ^*  (Argentina)

Author keywords

COD mass balance; Dissolved methane; Fluorescent In Situ Hybridization (FISH); Methane yield; Submerged Anaerobic Membrane Bioreactor (SAMBR); Sulphate rich wastewater

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; DISSOLVED METHANE; FLUORESCENT IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MASS BALANCE; METHANE YIELD; SULPHATE-RICH WASTEWATER;

BIOGAS; BIOREACTORS; DISSOLUTION; EFFLUENTS; METHANE; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND;

BIOGAS; METHANE; SULFATE; SULFIDE;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BACTERIUM; BIOREACTOR; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; HYBRIDIZATION; MASS BALANCE; MEMBRANE; METHANE; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; BIOREACTOR; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EFFLUENT; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; RELIABILITY; STOICHIOMETRY; SUBMERGED ANAEROBIC MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

ANAEROBIOSIS; BACTERIA; BIOFUELS; BIOLOGICAL OXYGEN DEMAND ANALYSIS; BIOREACTORS; CITIES; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; METHANE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PILOT PROJECTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEWAGE; SPAIN; SULFATES; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84864403529     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2012.184     Document Type: Article

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