A practitioner's perspective on the application and research needs of membrane bioreactors for municipal wastewater treatment

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 122, Issue , 2012, Pages 2-10

  Kraemer, Jeremy T ^a   Menniti, Adrienne L ^b   Erdal, Zeynep K ^b   Constantine, Timothy A ^a   Johnson, Bruce R ^b   Daigger, Glen T ^b   Crawford, George V ^a  

^a CH2M Hill Canada   (Canada)

^b CH2M HILL   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological nutrient removal; Design; Membrane bioreactor; Practitioner; Research needs

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL NUTRIENT REMOVAL; BIOLOGICAL SOLIDS; DESIGN PRACTICE; DESIGN PRACTITIONERS; FACILITY DESIGNS; FLUID PROPERTY; KNOWLEDGE AREAS; MECHANICAL COMPLEXITY; MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; MEMBRANE DESIGNS; MICROCONTAMINANT; MIXED LIQUOR SUSPENDED SOLIDS CONCENTRATION; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT; OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE; PEAK FLOWS; PRACTITIONER; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; RESEARCH NEEDS;

BIOREACTORS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NUTRIENTS; OPTIMIZATION; PROCESS DESIGN; RESEARCH;

DESIGN;

AMMONIA; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIOREACTOR; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; MEMBRANE; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; NUTRIENT; OPTIMIZATION; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; RESEARCH WORK; STANDARDIZATION; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; BIOPROCESS; BIOREACTOR EQUIPMENT; COST CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; MEMBRANE REACTOR; MIXED LIQUOR SUSPENDED SOLID; NITRIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DESIGN; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; REACTOR DESIGN; REACTOR OPERATION; RESEARCH; STANDARDIZATION; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER FLOW;

BIOREACTORS; CITIES; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WASTE WATER; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84866039763     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2012.05.014     Document Type: Article

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