Operation of a submerged aerobic membrane bioreactor for decentralised municipal wastewater treatment in North Africa

Water Practice and Technology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Skouteris, George ^a   Arnot, Tom C ^a   Feki, Firas ^b   Jraou, Mouna ^b   Sayadi, Sami ^b  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE DE BIOTECHNOLOGIE DE SFAX   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Decentralised municipal wastewater treatment; Membrane bioreactors; North Africa; Sustainable membrane permeate flux; Unrestricted irrigation

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC MEMBRANE BIOREACTORS; AVERAGE ENERGY; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND REMOVALS; CONVENTIONAL ACTIVATED SLUDGES; DECENTRALISED; DOMESTIC WASTE WATER TREATMENT; DOMESTIC WASTEWATER; ENERGY BENCHMARKING; ENERGY INPUTS; ENERGY REDUCTION; FEED CONCENTRATION; HIGH-STRENGTH; MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; MEMBRANE PERFORMANCE; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT; NORTH AFRICA; PERMEATE FLUX; PILOT SCALE; POTENTIAL IMPACTS; SPECIFIC ENERGY; SUSPENDED SOLIDS; TUNISIA;

BIOREACTORS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CROPS; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; ENERGY UTILIZATION; IRRIGATION; RECLAMATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

EFFLUENTS;

EID: 84867472265     PISSN: 1751231X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wpt.2012.055     Document Type: Article

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