Operational experience with a seasonally operated full-scale membrane bioreactor plant

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 121, Issue , 2012, Pages 241-247

  Gómez, Marcel ^a   Dvořák, Lukáš ^b   Růžičková, Iveta ^a   Holba, Marek ^c,d   Wanner, Jiří ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF LIBEREC   (Czech Republic)

^c ASIO Ltd ^*  (Czech Republic)

^d INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Fouling; Full scale membrane bioreactor; Microbiological effluent quality; Nutrient removal; Soluble microbial products

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; EFFLUENT QUALITY; EXTRA-CELLULAR POLYMERIC SUBSTANCES; FLAT SHEETS; INFLUENT FLOW; MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATERS; NUTRIENT REMOVAL; NUTRIENT REMOVAL EFFICIENCY; OPERATION CHARACTERISTIC; OPERATIONAL EXPERIENCE; PLANT OPERATIONS; SOLUBLE MICROBIAL PRODUCTS;

FOULING; NUTRIENTS; POLYMERS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER QUALITY;

BIOREACTORS;

BIOREACTOR; EFFLUENT; MEMBRANE; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEASONALITY; SUBSTRATE; VOLUME; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; BIOREACTOR; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EFFLUENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLUDGE; VOLUMETRY; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

BIOLOGICAL OXYGEN DEMAND ANALYSIS; BIOREACTORS; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; NITROGEN; SEASONS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84864418151     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2012.06.095     Document Type: Article

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