Modeling and process evaluation of membrane bioreactor for removing biodegradable organic matter from water

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 84, Issue , 2012, Pages 494-511

  Williams, Mark D ^a   Ravindran, Varadarajan ^a   Pirbazari, Massoud ^a  

^a University of Southern California   (United States)

Author keywords

Biochemical engineering; Biodegradable organic matter; Disinfection byproducts; Mathematical modeling; Membrane bioreactor; Transport processes

Indexed keywords

ASSIMILABLE ORGANIC CARBON; BIODEGRADABLE DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; BIODEGRADABLE ORGANIC MATTER; DISINFECTION BY-PRODUCT; DISINFECTION BYPRODUCTS; MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; MICROBIAL REGROWTH; MODEL PARAMETERS; MODELING PROTOCOLS; PERFORMANCE PREDICTION; PREDICTIVE CAPABILITIES; PROCESS DYNAMICS; PROCESS EFFECTIVENESS; PROCESS EVALUATION; PROCESS RECOVERY; SENSITIVITY STUDIES; SIMULATION STUDIES; TRANSPORT PROCESS; UPSCALING;

ADSORPTION; ALDEHYDES; BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING; BIODEGRADATION; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOREACTORS; BYPRODUCTS; DISINFECTION; DYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; OZONE; OZONE WATER TREATMENT; OZONIZATION; POTABLE WATER;

PROCESS DESIGN;

EID: 84866839884     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2012.08.013     Document Type: Article

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