Performance analysis of a combined system of membrane bioreactor and worm reactor: Wastewater treatment, sludge reduction and membrane fouling

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 121, Issue , 2012, Pages 176-182

  Tian, Yu ^a   Lu, Yaobin ^a   Li, Zhipeng ^a  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Membrane bioreactor; Membrane fouling; Sludge modification; Sludge reduction; Worm reactor

Indexed keywords

COMBINED SYSTEM; DISCHARGE RATES; EXTRA-CELLULAR POLYMERIC SUBSTANCES; FILAMENTOUS BACTERIA; FLOC SIZE DISTRIBUTION; FOULING LAYERS; MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS; SLUDGE MODIFICATION; SLUDGE REDUCTION; TREATMENT PERFORMANCE; WORM REACTOR;

BIOREACTORS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND;

MEMBRANE FOULING;

POLYMER;

BIOREACTOR; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; FLOCCULATION; MEMBRANE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIOREACTOR; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; FOULING CONTROL; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLUDGE; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

ANIMALS; BIOREACTORS; FILTRATION; FLOCCULATION; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OLIGOCHAETA; PARTICLE SIZE; SEWAGE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84864418737     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2012.06.071     Document Type: Article

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