Potentials of anaerobic membrane bioreactors to overcome treatment limitations induced by industrial wastewaters

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 122, Issue , 2012, Pages 160-170

  Dereli, Recep Kaan ^a,b   Ersahin, Mustafa Evren ^a,b   Ozgun, Hale ^a,b   Ozturk, Izzet ^b   Jeison, David ^c   van der Zee, Frank ^d   van Lier, Jules B ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE LA FRONTERA   (Chile)

^d Biothane Systems International   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anaerobic membrane bioreactor; Anaerobic treatment; Fouling; Granulation; Industrial wastewaters

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; ANAEROBIC TREATMENTS; EXTREME CONDITIONS; FLUX DECLINE; FULL-SCALE REACTORS; HIGH SALINITY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATERS; LABORATORY SCALE; MULTIVARIABLE PROCESS; SUSPENDED SOLIDS;

BIOACTIVITY; BIOREACTORS; FOULING; GRANULATION; INDUSTRY; MEMBRANE FOULING; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

INDUSTRIAL WATER TREATMENT;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIOACTIVITY; BIOMASS; BIOREACTOR; BIOTECHNOLOGY; EXTREME EVENT; FOULING; FUTURE PROSPECT; HIGH TEMPERATURE; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MEMBRANE; SALINITY; SEWAGE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

ANAEROBIC MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; ARTICLE; BIOFILM; BIOFOULING; BIOMASS; MEMBRANE FOULING; MEMBRANE REACTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALINITY; SLUDGE; WASTE WATER;

ANAEROBIOSIS; BIOREACTORS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; WASTE WATER; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84866043199     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2012.05.139     Document Type: Article

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