Membrane bioreactor: Applications and limitations in treating high strength industrial wastewater

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 225, Issue , 2013, Pages 109-119

  Mutamim, Noor Sabrina Ahmad ^a,c   Noor, Zainura Zainon ^a   Hassan, Mohd Ariffin Abu ^a   Yuniarto, Adhi ^a   Olsson, Gustaf ^b  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA PAHANG   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Biodegradability; Fouling; Industrial wastewater; Membrane bioreactor

Indexed keywords

HYDRAULIC RETENTION TIME; INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATERS; IRREVERSIBLE FOULING; MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; OPERATING PARAMETERS; OPERATIONAL PARAMETERS; SOLID RETENTION TIME; TRANSMEMBRANE PRESSURES;

BIODEGRADABILITY; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREACTORS; CHEMICAL CLEANING; FOULING;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

EID: 84876464351     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2013.02.131     Document Type: Review

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