A novel nearly plug-flow membrane bioreactor for enhanced biological nutrient removal

AIChE Journal

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 46-54

  Meng, Fangang ^a   Zhou, Zhongbo ^a   Li, Lei ^a   Li, Ruiyun ^a   Jia, Xiaoshan ^a   Li, Shiyu ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Denitrification; Membrane fouling; Nitrification; Phosphorus removal; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM OXIDATION; BATCH EXPERIMENTS; BIOLOGICAL NUTRIENT REMOVAL; HIGH ACTIVITY; MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; NEW OPTIONS; OPERATING CONDITION; OPERATION PERIOD; PHOSPHORUS REMOVAL; SPECIFIC OXYGEN UPTAKE RATE; TOTAL NITROGEN; TOTAL PHOSPHORUS;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; BACTERIA; BIOREACTORS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DENITRIFICATION; MEMBRANE FOULING; NITRIFICATION; PHOSPHORUS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

NUTRIENTS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84871671220     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.13799     Document Type: Article

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